View Full Version : Restoration Progress On My 1955 Greenie
judaspre1982
04-04-2009, 06:24 PM
[QUOTE=mickyd]The maintenance section of the owners manual for the Greenie says the bench tubes were corrosion proofed with a clear lacquer. Mine obviously wore off (http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpost.htm?p=31988&postcount=13).
Any opinions / facts as to doing this? I know that the clear lacquer that I sprayed inside of all my headstock parts came out real nice and to me, it would make sense to do the bench tubes also to eliminate having to wax them (not that it's a big deal). What say you??[/QUOTE ----------------------------- Mike I would recommend either of these products http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/clear_lacquer_electrical_spray http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/clear_acrylic_sealer. I would choose the clear acrylic over lacquer because lacquer can yellow. I have used the clear acrylic to seal and protect aluminum fuel tanks in saltwater environments with excellent results. The product is somewhat expensive---you must shop around. Grainger used to carry this product. -----Dave
judaspre1982
04-04-2009, 06:27 PM
Forgive my cheesy quote from mickyd. I am still learning some of the features of the forum------Dave
mickyd
04-04-2009, 07:12 PM
Forgive my cheesy quote from mickyd. I am still learning some of the features of the forum------Dave
Dave - FYI... the only reason the quote above looks weird is because it is missing the closed bracket character ] at the end of the word [QUOTE. It should look like [QUOTE].
judaspre1982
04-04-2009, 08:06 PM
Forgive my cheesy quote from mickyd. I am still learning some of the features of the forum------Dave
Thanks Mike---Still Learning----Dave
bucksaw
04-05-2009, 09:18 AM
Mike I would recommend either of these products http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/clear_lacquer_electrical_spray http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/clear_acrylic_sealer. I would choose the clear acrylic over lacquer because lacquer can yellow. I have used the clear acrylic to seal and protect aluminum fuel tanks in saltwater environments with excellent results. The product is somewhat expensive---you must shop around. Grainger used to carry this product. -----Dave
Rustoluem also makes a clear enamel (http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=166)
mickyd
04-05-2009, 03:32 PM
Spent the entire night Friday getting all my parts ready for painting. I needed to work through the night so that I could paint outside as soon as it was light enough to see. Painting inside is just too messy. Overspray everywhere. Early AM is the only time here in San Diego where they is no breeze. Being so close to the ocean, breeze starts to kick up real early and continues throughout the day.
Took me forever to get the bench legs stripped completely and ready for primer. They had a fairly deep corrosion on them that was very evident after stripping all the paint off. I didn't want to prime over it so I just sanded, and sanded, and sanded.....finally got them cleaned up pretty well.
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Doing this again and I would probably spend the $$$ and have everything grit blasted instead of stripping and sanding. It was a lot of boring, monotonous work. Even though I used a 5" round random orbital and a 1/4 sheet finishing sander, the inside leg surfaces don't lend themselves very well to their use. They are curved the wrong way for a flat sander and, the side surfaces were too narrow. This meant a ton of hand sanding. My hands are trashed. Didn't think of putting gloves on until 3/4 done. :(
Anyway, dawn came as you can see by this pic so I got outside and managed to get all priming (SEM Products, Inc. gray self etching primer) and the first coat of painting done (Rustoleom Verde Green). I would have done the second coat but ran low on paint. Used a total of 2 cans finish paint, 1 can primer.
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The paint came out FAIR. Texure variation shows up in several places that hopefully will be hidden by the second coat. I found that if the texture was visibly different in an area, you can go spray over it quickly after a couple minutes and it makes it more uniform so don't be concerned if it happens.
For those following the thread, wait until you see the broken carriage repair job with paint on it. You'd never know it was repaired.
Gotta run.
JPG40504
04-05-2009, 04:11 PM
Looking Good! Now that I have your attention, How DID you get the 'after' pix to locate on the right side of the 'page'? :confused: Gonna try something next. The pix are randomly chosen and mean nothing.
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Well that was instructive!
P.S. Also instructive was changing the forum window width. The window width determines 'usable pix space, and the overflow is bumped down a 'line' automatically.
mickyd
04-05-2009, 06:41 PM
Looking Good! Now that I have your attention, How DID you get the 'after' pix to locate on the right side of the 'page'? :confused: Gonna try something next. The pix are randomly chosen and mean nothing.
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Well that was instructive!
P.S. Also instructive was changing the forum window width. The window width determines 'usable pix space, and the overflow is bumped down a 'line' automatically.
Not sure I understand your question about the right side of the page. Last time this happened (http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpost.htm?p=33459&postcount=122), we were talking about two different things. My 'after' pix should have just been directly to the right of the 'before' pics, not on the RIGHT side of the screen. Are you saying that the before pic was on the left and then there was a big old gap and then the after pic was on the far right?