Tight squeeze in garage.

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks Colin; I hadn't realized these parking sensors were so readily available and also very cheap as seen here;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-REVERSING-...Technology&hash=item2c5021e795

Good idea Ed to use carpet tile on the garage wall and a cheap idea which always appeals to me. I bought plastic strip door protectors which protect the door edges; these to are very cheap; easy to fit and do a good job.

Another good use for a carpet tile in my garage would be to protect my head when I bang it against the wall after doing something stupid as I've done this afternoon.

I've been making a steel enclosure for the Jubilee VFD and finished the welding etc this morning so I rubbed it to bare metal ready for painting. It's ages since I used my compressor and spray gun but after dinner I set everything up. I found a part tin of primer and gave it a good stirring adding thinners then filled the gun.

I forgot to adjust the compressor so started blasting the paint on at around 100 psi which of course caused a huge fog. I was spraying just inside the garage having protected the garage floor with a large tarpaulin with my back to the sun. As I looked at the newly painted surfaces I thought I had been using anti-slip paint as it looked like gravel? The paint is only about 12 years old? I always wear my proper respirator whilst spraying.

I carried the enclosure onto the drive and let the sun bake it dry. It's so rare to get a perfect spraying day so I wanted to make the most of it. The primer will easily flat with abrasive paper. I poured the gun contents back into the can and cleaned the gun then I filtered the paint into a clean glass lidded jar; pity I didn't do this before starting to spray but I've enjoyed pottering around. Yesterday it poured down all day and today it's a beautiful summers day; what a contrast.

Kind regards, Col.