I thought the advantages of cellulose were the lack of isocyanates and the ease with which it can be touched up and blended in. The book 'painting classic cars' is a good read. I have seen plenty of threads but have not yet been convinced that for the DIY, time-rich/cash-poor user there's...
Another possibility - if you're new, perhaps get a cheap one secondhand? I've been using arc on an oil-filled AC welder and a DC transformer one, both old, and MIG with a £50 Gumtree Sealey 130XT. After several years starting from scratch and quite a lot of car welding, I'm now wondering whether...
Thank you for all the helpful comments. It's turned out that Trelawny don't make the 2mm needles any more, so it's 3mm or bust. I found a place that will not be obvious and had a go with the worn 3mm needles (as Roger440 said, the chisel ones it came with have got worn down in short order on the...
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding - I was asking a specific question about size of needle, not intending to garner opinions on the many different ways to remove coatings. I got the needle gun after weighing up the different options, and it's been great at the heavy-duty removal I've been doing...
Yes, I realise that. I was asking which of the types would be the least damaging without having to buy different needles and conversion parts to try out. It's inside so power washing is not suitable. I have asked with blasting firms and their estimates were high and didn't include removal of...
I have a secondhand Trelawny VL203 which came with 3mm chisel needles. I've worn them down removing bituminous paint and bits of cement, which it was very good at, and now I have a large area of acrylic paint and thin gypsum plaster skim to remove from some solid shaley-mudstone and lime mortar...
The only website I can find for Wolf Air Compressors is an Australian dive shop. Are they just a re-badging affair perhaps without an attached company? I've seen the name on here a lot but never seen one in the flesh.
Have you looked for a local air tools place? I found one in the back of an industrial estate when renovating my compressor, and was able to take my old pressure switch, along with the non-return valve and get a new pastille and pressure switch. Having the bits there and a knowledgeable person...
I had to get some special oil for a Hilti TE72 rotary hammer. The internals are swimming in oil rather than grease. Taking it apart and filling up after cleaning and draining the little that was left have made it smoother, quieter and generally more effective and pleasant to use. It even helped...
These are the same external toe-cap boots I referred to in post #11 back in 2021. Still worn daily, and last week I had to make their first repair: a replacement lacing eyelet. Certainly the best value boots I've ever bought, and made in the UK to boot (ha ha)...
I don't personally have any oily mist, but since the oil goes in it's got to go out eventually, presumably microscopically. I am not intending to breathe or bathe in it, I'm just interested that biodegradable oil is available so would prefer to use it if it can be found in a reasonably small...
I use Auto Electric Supplies for classic cars bits. Lots of colours, and they produce a real catalogue as well for bedtime reading.
It can be confusing as a lot of wire sold nowadays is 'thin wall' so the overall external diameter is less for a given current carrying capacity than it used to...
I was interested to discover it was 'a thing', and it seemed a Good Plan to try to limit pollution from oily mist where one can. There are several on Zoro listed as 'food safe' that come up in a search for 'biodegradable' but the data sheets are less clear. I imagine it would last for ever with...
I've got a Trelawny needle gun, the manual for which suggests Shell Naturelle HF or Castrol Carelube HTG 22. I can't find the latter, and the former appears to be only available in quantities costing several hundred pounds. I like the idea of a biodegradable oil for the air tools I'm...
That was me. I recall our conclusion was that if the oil's original it's PCB free, as the welder says on it 'fill with 4.5 gal Shell Diala', which doesn't have PCBs in. The welder's been in use for welding plates to some lintels yesterday, and for some carbon arc brazing. It's great to use, and...
The number of things I've had that have been thrown away for 'failing PAT', which turned out to be a nick in the insulation an inch or so from the casing. Open up, shorten cable until the nick is not a problem, hey presto. I wonder if testers could be bundled with a repair strategy so that...
That video has made the rounds before. I remember another thread where I think it was variously debunked. On YouTube the idea is to increase the drama for views, not out of a pious and selfless desire to protect others. That's not to say it doesn't happen, but without full awareness of any...
That looks like a very interesting article from the abstract (I'll see if I can get it through the library or get work to stump up the $40). A good find.
15 years is a long time for maturation. I don't know what changes that would have compared to the minimum 6 months that lime putty is aged...
Triumph Herald - long trips require an itinerary committed to memory, or a pull over to consult the atlas. MGB has a clip on the dashboard for itineraries. Written large a glance is enough to know which exit to take, which is the same as glancing at the speedo. I guess my entire life has been in...
Hydrated ("bag") lime and slaked ("fat") lime putty are NOT the same thing. There is not 'woo' associated with lime that I'm aware of, but a lot of work by building physicists, architects and builders trying to undo some of the damage done by fast'n'cheap modern materials that are now proven to...