[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Good exposition on methodology Jerry, Thanks!
I need to make up some sort of a positive pressure air supply 
system...even at this late date.

Jerry Frost wrote:
> The paint makers have expanded the choices for epoxy and you can get satin, 
> semi gloss and gloss now, so you don't have to settle for an unsuitable 
> finish to get the durability.
> 
> If a person is equiped and willing to spray from a gun it's easy to thin 
> epoxy with xylene and get a super penetrating but very thin finish coat. The 
> downside of course is having all the measuring, mixing, thinning, etc. then 
> once you've shot the project comes the cleanup. Fail to get your spray gun 
> clean after shooting epoxy and you might as well just toss it out and get 
> another. Last but far from least is having to mess with xylene, it's not 
> only toxic but it's a trans dermal so just being around while it's in the 
> air and it'll soak through your skin. Spraying epoxy is the best reason I 
> know of for buying or building a proper spray booth with a strong exhaust 
> system and through the wall gloves (whatever they're called) so you don't 
> have to get near the stuff.
> 
> When I used epoxy paint on the drill rigs I wore my unisuit, (one piece rain 
> gear more like a dry suit than rain gear) and my supplied air welding 
> helmet. Yes, welding HELMET, the thing was designed to keep any kind of 
> harmful airborn stuff the heck away from you. It's a 3M Whitecap 2 or 3 I 
> don't recall. Anyway, it has a bib that fit inside your shirt, welding 
> jacket or my unisuit so the air being pumped to you has nowhere to escape 
> except through your clothes. What this accomplished was it literally 
> pressurized my unisuit from my head to my rubber gloves to my rubber boots 
> and the positive pressure kept ANY fumes away from me. Avoiding eylene 
> exposure greater than occasional light sniffs is worth these almost 
> extravagant sounding precautions. Xylene is BAD for you, really BAD.
> 
> Frosty the Lucky
> -------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> It ain't real
> wrought iron is
> The Frostworks
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Mudge" <dave at magichammer.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17
> 
> 
>> Once again, the epoxy finish would be very durable but very shiny.
>> People (at least my clients) don't want a "shiny" rust finish. It
>> wouldn't look natural.
>> Natural is why they want the rust finish in the first place.
>>
> 
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