01-03-2014, 03:16 PM
Hi,
What a delightful morning I've just had in David's (Yorkie) company at Rufforth Auto Jumble near York. I was up by 5:30 am and at Rufforth for 7:30 am; when I arrived it was cold with frost and ice which had just about cleared by the time I met David at 9 o'clock.
When David arrived I had already been back to the car three times with goodies. I had taken a wish list along with me and priority was for items I needed to progress this Lorch restoration along. I had considered brush painting the Lorch using Paragon machinery enamel already having undercoat to hand but how much top coat would I need? With 1/2 litre costing around £21 because of the VAT and delivery being added this paint was not cheap and I'm fed up of brushing paint because it takes ages to do a first class job.
I visited the UPOL stall first and bought 5 litres of UPOL P88 cellulose primer surfacer plus 5 litres of decent quality universal thinner whilst there I also bought a pack of ten paint filters. Next I wandered around and bought the last 5 litre tin of Paramose paint stripper. More items were bought then I met up with David. I had been on the lookout for a tin of Gunk this is usually available in small tins but suddenly because I wanted some I couldn't find any but fortunately David spotted some 5 litre tins so I bought a tin.
Lots more goodies followed; one bargain was the 6 big rolls of paper towel at £7 which are ideal for garage use and at the same stall I bought a box of disposable gloves. David got caught out on a previous visit with this type of paper towel I believe David paid £12 then could have kicked himself shortly after seeing the towel much cheaper so it pays to wander round first to see what's on offer? We both bought small items like electrical connectors and soon I had most of my wish list much to my pleasure.
I had explained to David that the small HVLP Bergen spray gun I fancied at £15 was in fact a bit too small for my use and I already own a full sized HVLP (High volume low pressure) gun but that I was now looking for an LVLP (Low volume low pressure) spray gun but as yet not seen one? Once again as we wandered around David's keen eyes spotted just the gun for me; this being a full sized LVLP spray gun which was boxed with instructions and tools at £29:95 so I bought one without haggling.
I had been browsing YouTube interested in what was new on the paint spraying scene and I came across one of these LVLP guns being used. This particular Fast Mover gun only uses 4.5 cfm of air and is perfect for a novice because it doesn't put out as much paint as the more common guns so I am keen to try one out connected to my big compressor; I'm interested in cutting out as much fog as possible whilst paint spraying because this fog is wasted paint which is expensive and running at a much lower pressure is also a bonus; I'll report back once I've used this gun but first it will require completely stripping and washing off with thinners to de-grease it which should be done with all new spray guns.
All this sounds very expensive just to repaint a lathe but in fact the materials I have bought this morning will last for ages and buying like this in bulk works out much cheaper longer term with the benefit of having these materials in stock. I could have bought one of these spray guns at the same price through eBay but it was much more convenient to pick one up this morning.
I also bought two type "C" 32A circuit breakers for use in the garage; a while ago I installed a new garage two way consumer unit and although the incoming mains consumer unit used to trip occasionally with type "B" breakers installed as I powered up my big 3 phase transformer the new consumer unit was having non of it hence buying the type "C" breakers. The stall had a big box full of both types of breaker and at £1 each they were cheap.
As I say I enjoyed a wonderful morning with David and returned home around £140 lighter but got good value for the money and all bought in one location rather than trying to shop around wasting lots of time. I still need to buy top coat paint but I need to have this mixed so couldn't buy it at Rufforth; on the UPOL stall I noticed tins of "Candy" paint which I would like to experiment with sometime; this Lorch was considered for a candy finish?
I left Rufforth at 11 o'clock leaving David to wander round spending more money. On the way home I decided to take the M1 motorway for speed which was a big mistake when I hit miles of gridlock. Back home our TV had packed in and whilst at Rufforth I had tried five time to phone Bron with my little used mobile phone but without success although the number was ringing? Not only had the TV gone down but so had our land-line which is still down but I sorted the TV out without problem.
I'm now set up to de-grease the Lorch and bring it to the undercoated stage so I've got a job ahead of me which I'm looking forward to.
Kind regards, Col.
What a delightful morning I've just had in David's (Yorkie) company at Rufforth Auto Jumble near York. I was up by 5:30 am and at Rufforth for 7:30 am; when I arrived it was cold with frost and ice which had just about cleared by the time I met David at 9 o'clock.
When David arrived I had already been back to the car three times with goodies. I had taken a wish list along with me and priority was for items I needed to progress this Lorch restoration along. I had considered brush painting the Lorch using Paragon machinery enamel already having undercoat to hand but how much top coat would I need? With 1/2 litre costing around £21 because of the VAT and delivery being added this paint was not cheap and I'm fed up of brushing paint because it takes ages to do a first class job.
I visited the UPOL stall first and bought 5 litres of UPOL P88 cellulose primer surfacer plus 5 litres of decent quality universal thinner whilst there I also bought a pack of ten paint filters. Next I wandered around and bought the last 5 litre tin of Paramose paint stripper. More items were bought then I met up with David. I had been on the lookout for a tin of Gunk this is usually available in small tins but suddenly because I wanted some I couldn't find any but fortunately David spotted some 5 litre tins so I bought a tin.
Lots more goodies followed; one bargain was the 6 big rolls of paper towel at £7 which are ideal for garage use and at the same stall I bought a box of disposable gloves. David got caught out on a previous visit with this type of paper towel I believe David paid £12 then could have kicked himself shortly after seeing the towel much cheaper so it pays to wander round first to see what's on offer? We both bought small items like electrical connectors and soon I had most of my wish list much to my pleasure.
I had explained to David that the small HVLP Bergen spray gun I fancied at £15 was in fact a bit too small for my use and I already own a full sized HVLP (High volume low pressure) gun but that I was now looking for an LVLP (Low volume low pressure) spray gun but as yet not seen one? Once again as we wandered around David's keen eyes spotted just the gun for me; this being a full sized LVLP spray gun which was boxed with instructions and tools at £29:95 so I bought one without haggling.
I had been browsing YouTube interested in what was new on the paint spraying scene and I came across one of these LVLP guns being used. This particular Fast Mover gun only uses 4.5 cfm of air and is perfect for a novice because it doesn't put out as much paint as the more common guns so I am keen to try one out connected to my big compressor; I'm interested in cutting out as much fog as possible whilst paint spraying because this fog is wasted paint which is expensive and running at a much lower pressure is also a bonus; I'll report back once I've used this gun but first it will require completely stripping and washing off with thinners to de-grease it which should be done with all new spray guns.
All this sounds very expensive just to repaint a lathe but in fact the materials I have bought this morning will last for ages and buying like this in bulk works out much cheaper longer term with the benefit of having these materials in stock. I could have bought one of these spray guns at the same price through eBay but it was much more convenient to pick one up this morning.
I also bought two type "C" 32A circuit breakers for use in the garage; a while ago I installed a new garage two way consumer unit and although the incoming mains consumer unit used to trip occasionally with type "B" breakers installed as I powered up my big 3 phase transformer the new consumer unit was having non of it hence buying the type "C" breakers. The stall had a big box full of both types of breaker and at £1 each they were cheap.
As I say I enjoyed a wonderful morning with David and returned home around £140 lighter but got good value for the money and all bought in one location rather than trying to shop around wasting lots of time. I still need to buy top coat paint but I need to have this mixed so couldn't buy it at Rufforth; on the UPOL stall I noticed tins of "Candy" paint which I would like to experiment with sometime; this Lorch was considered for a candy finish?
I left Rufforth at 11 o'clock leaving David to wander round spending more money. On the way home I decided to take the M1 motorway for speed which was a big mistake when I hit miles of gridlock. Back home our TV had packed in and whilst at Rufforth I had tried five time to phone Bron with my little used mobile phone but without success although the number was ringing? Not only had the TV gone down but so had our land-line which is still down but I sorted the TV out without problem.
I'm now set up to de-grease the Lorch and bring it to the undercoated stage so I've got a job ahead of me which I'm looking forward to.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
