I've not done any 'fancy' painting,just synthetic enamel on Land Rovers and tool boxes etc.
I'm soon to paint a motorcycle gas tank in cellulose metallic,but I have decals and I'm unsure how to go about applying them.
My understanding is that I shouldn't flat the metallic paint,but if I put the...
I had my massive land rover battery delivered on a pallet by Tayna ,which was good,but last week they sent me a 12v motorcycle battery that was showing just 9.5v.
I asked why they'd not been arsed to test it but they'd no answer to that .They'd not refund or replace until they'd received and...
"get it shot blasted and galvanised. job done forever :)"
I've never had much trouble with rust on my gates,just primer and paint will do for me - I don't plan to live forever.
I'm struggling to believe that the gates and railings guys go through all the faff of chemical stripping/shotblasting/cleaning/rinsing/drying all that steel before welding.
If it's not essential I'd rather not bother.
I'm planning to make a pair of gates and have new metal waiting to go,which is novel for me because I usually reuse rusty scrap.
Anyway,the metal I bought is all coated in mill scale,which seems very well attached - am I really supposed to remove it all (200kg+ of steel) or will it be ok to...
A while back I ordered a 15kg roll of mig wire on a plastic reel,and it arrived smashed,the replacement also came smashed due to no packaging other than the box it came in.
They said keep those two and they'd send me another - that one came in a box the size of a washing machine wrapped with...
I remeber reading that a layer of sand is good for sound insulation above ceilings,but I've no idea how much is enough,or how much before the ceiling collapses...