Stuff you have painted today

Dcal · Aug 22, 2021

Don't know if it's been done before, but I thought I start a thread to show those little paint jobs not worth a thread on their own but maybe worth a post.

So today I gave the fan cover from a motor on a hydraulic power pack a bit of a ,make over.
It's a quality item with thicker steel then usual and the powder coating was pretty good as well.

I started with this -

Not awful, but no point it letting it get worse.
After a quick blast

And the other side

I left the bits of powder coating that wanted to stay on the inside because I didn't need to feather it in.
After two coats of Sherwin WIlliams epoxy primer

And two coats of PPG Delfleet top coat I had left over. This was matte finish which will be fine for the job.
You can still see the rust pits, but as this was a wet on wet job, it turnned out pretty much as expected.

Redsailor · Aug 23, 2021

Well, just painted this earlier today. It's a box for my home made burglar alarm for the house. Circuit boards almost done, so made up a box to house all the electronic bits. Rattle can and dust finish, had to paint in the workshop as rather windy outside.

Ross365 · Aug 23, 2021

Today I finished cleaning and painting a few spots of rust on the underside of my Celica (cleaning with my angry grinder, then one or two coats of zinc phosphate primer and then a top coat). At 19 years old, she has yet to have a single comment about corrosion during MoT's, but keeping ahead of the game takes a bit of time each year

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WvW · Aug 23, 2021

I've been restoring an old Elliott Omnimill. Spent the last week or so painting the rear door (already done the base and column).

Bit of graffiti as I flatted it back. Lechler epoxy, followed by paragon paint signal orange on the inside, followed by green on the outside.

Using a Fuji xpc gun - 1.8 nozzle for the lechler, and 1.4 for the colour. I love the little Fuji unit.

Brad93 · Aug 23, 2021

WvW said:
I've been restoring an old Elliott Omnimill. Spent the last week or so painting the rear door (already done the base and column).

Bit of graffiti as I flatted it back. Lechler epoxy, followed by paragon paint signal orange on the inside, followed by green on the outside.

Using a Fuji xpc gun - 1.8 nozzle for the lechler, and 1.4 for the colour. I love the little Fuji unit.

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What colour is the green? I do like that. I did consider orange for the table and ram in the press but thought it might look a bit too powerteam esque.

WvW · Aug 24, 2021

Brad - it is BS381C 216 Eau-De-Nil - I tried to colour match it from one of the layers that was left on the mill - it's pretty close.

That's the semi-gloss version - goes on nicely.

northwest · Aug 24, 2021

Yes, I too like the green, good shout on the signal orange interior. Well here are the bits from my drill. Will be posting up more as I go along:

Made a bit of a rod for my own back with the cataloy but there were some very deep pits.

optima21 · Aug 24, 2021

just a little bit of painting for me today, using Jotun 87 wintergrade, for small quantities I'm doing it by weight and it works out that the 4:1 mixing ratio by volume works out to be near enough 6:1 by weight.

and just tidying up the battery tray as my it was leaking when it rained, so welding up a couple of small holes was the first welding that I've done this year.

Ross365 said:
Today I finished cleaning and painting a few spots of rust on the underside of my Celica (cleaning with my angry grinder, then one or two coats of zinc phosphate primer and then a top coat). At 19 years old, she has yet to have a single comment about corrosion during MoT's, but keeping ahead of the game takes a bit of time each year .

this car is over 30 years old and also hasnt had a advisory etc for corrosion......even when it has holes in the bodywork, but its non structural so its fine :laughing:

Munkul · Aug 25, 2021

Last week, 3rd batch of steel for our new shed, 30 litres of oxide primer and 60 litres of alkyd topcoat on this job over the last few weeks. Got 4 rafters left to do, they're mid fabrication but it's harvest time now so everything is taking a back step, and I've lost my painting shed, it's now full of barley

northwest · Aug 25, 2021

Lashed the first coat on it this morning, I don't like it. I have a tin of emerald green so I will put a bit into this off white/weird grey in and see if I can't get something a little "minty". Failing that I will use the rest of the Harrison colour:

Brad93 · Aug 25, 2021

A bunch of flitch beams. No photos, it's only red primer on a plate with holes in it.

WvW · Aug 25, 2021

Needed some better airflow in the shed, so took inspiration from @Bladevane for a box fan.

Bought a second hand one, but box was a bit tatty. I had some red to use up, so lechler on, sand back with 320 grit on a DA and hit it with the red. I liked this as it didn't really matter (actually it's completely pointless, but at least it will look smart) so I upped the flow through the gun and sped up a bit. A nice bit of practice.

Brad93 · Aug 25, 2021

WvW said:
Needed some better airflow in the shed, so took inspiration from @Bladevane for a box fan.

Bought a second hand one, but box was a bit tatty. I had some red to use up, so lechler on, sand back with 320 grit on a DA and hit it with the red. I liked this as it didn't really matter (actually it's completely pointless, but at least it will look smart) so I upped the flow through the gun and sped up a bit. A nice bit of practice.

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That does a nice job that fuji

WvW · Aug 26, 2021

Yeah great little box and gun. Get really good results from such a small unit. Trucks away nicely under the bench.

Munkul · Aug 26, 2021

WvW said:
Using a Fuji xpc gun - 1.8 nozzle for the lechler, and 1.4 for the colour. I love the little Fuji unit.

I've just looked at that gun - what a nicely design! The pressurised cup is a bit of a gamechanger for thicker paint, I didn't even know there was such a thing

WvW · Aug 26, 2021

Yes it's a really nice setup. I've never used other spray guns before, so I can't compare, but I surprised myself with the finish I can achieve, and my only experience was spray cans before.

I've spray Jotun with it as well, and it handled it fine, but I prefer the lechler for the stuff I'm doing. Just a bit easier to work with and flats back easier.