[TheForge] Re painting machinery was : OT Test

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Damn hate it when I do that.  

Kevin, for thye quickie jobs I have I either use rustoleum, or an 
oil/alkalyd enamel in a paint gun.  I get machinery gray in gallons from 
the local paint store.   It holds up better than the spray bombs, is a 
lot cheaper too.     If it is a high use item that I care about, I paint 
it like a car since I have all the equipment -- sandblast, wipe it down 
with metal prep/wash (phosphuric acid solution) prime it with a two part 
epoxy metal primer, followed by topcoat.   This is of course a more 
expensive route ( recently replaced the two tone fender on my son's car 
-$32 for new fender, $200+ for the paint)  If you go to your local 
Sherwin Williams store, they have industrial coatings that are very 
reasonable and can advise you as to what will work best for you as well 
as explaining application   They have always been real helpful to me.   
They hae coatings designed for immersion, so a little humidity should be 
no big deal.   Regarding rust and paint in general, the biggest issue is 
proper surface preparation.  I would use the metal prep/wash in any event.

Charles

Kevin D wrote:

>> Hmm, maybe no blacksmithing?  Or, more likely, the weather's too damn 
>> nice!
>> FINALLY!
>>
>> Or Jerry (Lefty) is typing his manuscript one
>> handed...hunt...peck...hunt...peck......
>>
>> BTW, I really liked your website, hadn't visited it in a while.  Your 
>> fish
>> on wheels is a hoot, but I'd for sure spend $500 on the fish lamp 
>> before I'd
>> spend $300 on a garden folly... OK, I'll ammend that to, unless my 
>> wife went
>> nuts over it, but not likely then unless out of guilt for buying 
>> myself some
>> hammer, lathe, gun.....
>>
>> Speaking of which, I bought some machinery last year that has been 
>> sitting
>> in the shop waiting (house addition/remodeling started about the same 
>> time
>> and will never end) for me to frame in an insulated room that I can 
>> keep at
>> some level of climate control.  So this old lathe and mill now has 2-6"
>> flakes of paint peeling off them.  I don't doubt it's got gobs of 
>> lead in
>> the paint, but I've sprayed LPS3 on all the bare/working metal 
>> parts.  What
>> have you all found to work for painting machinery in your zone 5-6 
>> shop?  I
>> might get motivated enough to sand blast/paint it this summer.
>>
>> Kevin Donahoe
>> Flying Pig Forge
>> Morrow, OH 45152
>> flyinpig at go-concepts.com
>>  
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