macona
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2006
- Location
- Beaverton, OR
Finally got the last (I hope) coat of paint on. What a pain! I hope I never have to do this again. Used "Aircaft remover" to strip the paint and Zep purple to degrease. Filled in all the big hole with polyester putty. Then hit it with a sprayable filler/primer/sealer.
Last saturday I shot it. Used Sherwin Williams Air-o-jet alkyd enamel. Supposed to be ready to shoot right out of the can. NOT!. Thinned it down and went to a bigger tip. Didnt thin it down enough and I should of stuck with the other tip as I got run city. Plus the stuff has yet to harden.
Stripped a bunch of it back down this week and tonight reshot it this time thinning it down with the smaller tip. Also using a add in hardener that is supposed to kick the paint a lot faster.
The color was not as deep as I had hoped for. Oh well. Still not bad and better than dewalt yellow. Going to chrome powder coat the vent strips.
Tommorrow or the day after I will drag it back into the garage and level her up and get ready to moglice.
I also picked up a decent master precision level off ebay. Box is a bit beat up but it turned out it is a 8" Brown and Sharpe #3000 Swiss made level. .0004" per div at 10". Paid a little over $50. Tried it on the pool table and I have a pretty darned level pool table! I shoot better too now!
Heres a couple pics. Camera did not quite get the color right:
Last saturday I shot it. Used Sherwin Williams Air-o-jet alkyd enamel. Supposed to be ready to shoot right out of the can. NOT!. Thinned it down and went to a bigger tip. Didnt thin it down enough and I should of stuck with the other tip as I got run city. Plus the stuff has yet to harden.
Stripped a bunch of it back down this week and tonight reshot it this time thinning it down with the smaller tip. Also using a add in hardener that is supposed to kick the paint a lot faster.
The color was not as deep as I had hoped for. Oh well. Still not bad and better than dewalt yellow. Going to chrome powder coat the vent strips.
Tommorrow or the day after I will drag it back into the garage and level her up and get ready to moglice.
I also picked up a decent master precision level off ebay. Box is a bit beat up but it turned out it is a 8" Brown and Sharpe #3000 Swiss made level. .0004" per div at 10". Paid a little over $50. Tried it on the pool table and I have a pretty darned level pool table! I shoot better too now!
Heres a couple pics. Camera did not quite get the color right: