Thread: Loosing the plot

Not me Ken the colour it is is the colour it stays.

Your not doing too bad to only miss one. When you find that you have only painted one and forgot the rest I would say you have lost it!

I am half your age and seem to do similar things with regular menotomy.

Ken, I've tried painting and due to a lack of patience have had to strip my bungled attempt off. Thus I can only admire those that can paint successfully - even if a part has to be in the next batch.

As I get older I have learnt it is one job that requires much patience - as is indicated by your careful choice of day etc.

I do like Peter's approach and given my past failures it is one I tend to follow more often than not!

All the best with the restoration.

HavinaGo,

I don't have a lot of patience, or much success with a brush, however, I overcame this problem by buying a Paasche air brush. It is perfect for painting lathe parts with little or no skill.

The benefits are a beautiful finish, with the ability to spray the finest mist avoiding paint runs. Easy to apply two or three coats in one sitting allowing a little drying time in between.

At the end of painting, it is so easy to clean, there's only a few parts to drop into turps. A 5 minute wash and it's done. I have used a touch up gun also, good finish, but sooooo much cleaning, a half hour job at least.

These are my thoughts from experience, of course, an air brush would be struggling to paint the side of a house, although you could paint a lathe cabinet if you started early.

Ken

Ken,

Thanks for the lateral thought (to me at least) of using an airbrush. My son has a no-name one that I have always associated with models - not painting! Funny how the preconceptions can make me blind to the obvious sometimes.

I have tried some spray painting with results mentioned earlier. I did have one win though after a pointer from a guy at the paint shop on the corner of Blackburn Rd and Dandenong Rd. He said to thin oil based paints with GP thinners (I had tried turps as that is what the paint tins say) I was pleased with the effect on the lathe stand I had adjusted - far fewer runs!

All the best.

David