10-03-2014, 05:30 PM
Hi,
A quick update. I managed to get into the garage after dinner today and have just knocked off after a paint spraying session. It's been a glorious day and the wind must have admitted defeat at last because it was calm enough to spray without putting up the wind-break.
I copied the light green colour from the YouTube Lorch lathe I posted previously. When I mixed the UPOL P88 with thinners the UPOL took ages to mix but this gloss cellulose top coat mixed rapidly. I decided to give my new LVLP spray gun a try out with this gloss so loaded it up and set about spraying; at first I thought what have I done in choosing this colour it's much too light? By now though I was committed having bought the paint and started to use it so I pressed on and glossed all the items I had previously primed. This new gun was amazing really blasting the paint on which pleased me because I could apply a wet coat in one pass but this takes practice as it is so easy to end up with curtains and runs but all went well; the paint was drying very quickly indeed given how warm it was but the paint doesn't have the high gloss I've achieved before whilst spraying cellulose; it's possibly the cheap £12 per 5 litres thinners but the finish is acceptable; if I wanted a mirror gloss I would have blown over with clear cellulose. I applied a lot of paint so I think I can now start a bit of re-assembly on my next session? Once the legs; counter-shaft frame and tray are assembled it will free up a lot of space in the garage and allow me to concentrate on the actual lathe rebuild; the bed is now also glossed so another big job out of the way.
The green looks very light but this is in full sunshine; once I put the car away it created a shadow giving a truer colour which I can live with; it's a lot better than the original. There are still quite a few items to paint but these are much smaller so won't create as much work for me. It's wonderful though to see the Lorch progressing so well.
Kind regards, Col.
A quick update. I managed to get into the garage after dinner today and have just knocked off after a paint spraying session. It's been a glorious day and the wind must have admitted defeat at last because it was calm enough to spray without putting up the wind-break.
I copied the light green colour from the YouTube Lorch lathe I posted previously. When I mixed the UPOL P88 with thinners the UPOL took ages to mix but this gloss cellulose top coat mixed rapidly. I decided to give my new LVLP spray gun a try out with this gloss so loaded it up and set about spraying; at first I thought what have I done in choosing this colour it's much too light? By now though I was committed having bought the paint and started to use it so I pressed on and glossed all the items I had previously primed. This new gun was amazing really blasting the paint on which pleased me because I could apply a wet coat in one pass but this takes practice as it is so easy to end up with curtains and runs but all went well; the paint was drying very quickly indeed given how warm it was but the paint doesn't have the high gloss I've achieved before whilst spraying cellulose; it's possibly the cheap £12 per 5 litres thinners but the finish is acceptable; if I wanted a mirror gloss I would have blown over with clear cellulose. I applied a lot of paint so I think I can now start a bit of re-assembly on my next session? Once the legs; counter-shaft frame and tray are assembled it will free up a lot of space in the garage and allow me to concentrate on the actual lathe rebuild; the bed is now also glossed so another big job out of the way.
The green looks very light but this is in full sunshine; once I put the car away it created a shadow giving a truer colour which I can live with; it's a lot better than the original. There are still quite a few items to paint but these are much smaller so won't create as much work for me. It's wonderful though to see the Lorch progressing so well.
Kind regards, Col.
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