29-03-2014, 05:46 PM
Hi,
What a huge difference a WARM DRY day makes; I've had my happy face on today spending a full rare uninterrupted day in the garage. The Lorch head-stock has been a real pain to get ready for painting taking quite a few hours over the last couple of days. As I intended to use my compressor and HVLP spray gun I thought I'd spray as many items as possible today so stripped both the tail-stock and tumbler reverse.
I've just knocked of after spraying all three items in good quality etching primer blasting plenty on. I forgot to take a picture of the tumbler reverse arm in primer but the pictures show the head-stock and tail-stock; I'm pleased these are at the painting stage and in the next few days they will be glossed then re-assembly can begin; the Lorch is now coming together nicely.
I wish every day would be as good as today. A confession; I sprayed the tail-stock first then carried it onto the bench out of harms way; I needed a bit of timber to stand the head-stock on whilst it was being sprayed and a suitable piece of MDF was on the bench; like a fool as I reached over to collect it my jumper sleeve sat in the tail-stock wet paint right on top where it is most visible; not to worry I simply blasted more primer onto the tail-stock and when it dries it will be rubbed down; nothing silly like this was going to spoil my day?
I like paint spraying but I dislike all the work involved getting everything ready to be sprayed.
Kind regards, Col.
What a huge difference a WARM DRY day makes; I've had my happy face on today spending a full rare uninterrupted day in the garage. The Lorch head-stock has been a real pain to get ready for painting taking quite a few hours over the last couple of days. As I intended to use my compressor and HVLP spray gun I thought I'd spray as many items as possible today so stripped both the tail-stock and tumbler reverse.
I've just knocked of after spraying all three items in good quality etching primer blasting plenty on. I forgot to take a picture of the tumbler reverse arm in primer but the pictures show the head-stock and tail-stock; I'm pleased these are at the painting stage and in the next few days they will be glossed then re-assembly can begin; the Lorch is now coming together nicely.
I wish every day would be as good as today. A confession; I sprayed the tail-stock first then carried it onto the bench out of harms way; I needed a bit of timber to stand the head-stock on whilst it was being sprayed and a suitable piece of MDF was on the bench; like a fool as I reached over to collect it my jumper sleeve sat in the tail-stock wet paint right on top where it is most visible; not to worry I simply blasted more primer onto the tail-stock and when it dries it will be rubbed down; nothing silly like this was going to spoil my day?
I like paint spraying but I dislike all the work involved getting everything ready to be sprayed.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
