2018-02-23, 08:00 PM
Painting the Base Parts
10 Oz Can of Project Source™ Gloss Black Paint: $1 at Lowes!
I went to Lowes.
They don't have black lacquer. At least I could not find it amongst the spray paints. They did, however, have Gloss Black, under several brand names, but mostly Rust Oleum.
Hm. I am not painting metal.
I finally decided on a can of their best (Okay, you caught me. I lied. Their cheapest...) paint. Project Source™ got the call, and it put me out a whole dollar!
Timing was tight, and I was looking for painting the parts on Thursday. The problem was, the cheap paint can had all kinds of warnings on it about vapors asphyxiating you and/or exploding in your house, and the painting ***must*** be done outside.
Not very likely in February.
Thursday came, and I was having all kinds of problems with my cell phone. Why is that significant? Because I finally stepped outside to get a better signal, as I talked to my buddy, Mark.
"Jeee-sus," I exclaimed. "It's downright hot out here!"
Over 60 degrees in mid-February in Western Pennsylvania is considered "hot."
After my phone call, I immediately set up my paint booth (a Hunt's™ Tomato Sauce carton) in the backyard, and got some small boxes to act as pedestals to hold the parts off the paint booth floor as I painted the parts.
Painting went without incident. The neighbor's cat showed up, but was afraid of me, and my rattling paint can (Instructions say shake well before, during, and after use. Okay, maybe not after.).
I left the parts on my front porch to dry, and later in the afternoon, moved them inside when the rains started.
The finish isn't as good as I would have liked, but it will do.
10 Oz Can of Project Source™ Gloss Black Paint: $1 at Lowes!
I went to Lowes.
They don't have black lacquer. At least I could not find it amongst the spray paints. They did, however, have Gloss Black, under several brand names, but mostly Rust Oleum.
Hm. I am not painting metal.
I finally decided on a can of their best (Okay, you caught me. I lied. Their cheapest...) paint. Project Source™ got the call, and it put me out a whole dollar!
Timing was tight, and I was looking for painting the parts on Thursday. The problem was, the cheap paint can had all kinds of warnings on it about vapors asphyxiating you and/or exploding in your house, and the painting ***must*** be done outside.
Not very likely in February.
Thursday came, and I was having all kinds of problems with my cell phone. Why is that significant? Because I finally stepped outside to get a better signal, as I talked to my buddy, Mark.
"Jeee-sus," I exclaimed. "It's downright hot out here!"
Over 60 degrees in mid-February in Western Pennsylvania is considered "hot."
After my phone call, I immediately set up my paint booth (a Hunt's™ Tomato Sauce carton) in the backyard, and got some small boxes to act as pedestals to hold the parts off the paint booth floor as I painted the parts.
Painting went without incident. The neighbor's cat showed up, but was afraid of me, and my rattling paint can (Instructions say shake well before, during, and after use. Okay, maybe not after.).
I left the parts on my front porch to dry, and later in the afternoon, moved them inside when the rains started.
The finish isn't as good as I would have liked, but it will do.
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