30-03-2014, 04:02 PM
Hi,
I'm sighing and ticking as I cool down from cutting the grass in our rear garden on such a beautiful day.
British Summer Time is now officially with us and I'm already making the most of it. I was in the garage very early this morning wanting to gloss the parts I had sprayed in etching primer. However I try to be respectful of our neighbours so set about cleaning some of the head-stock gears until 10 o'clock when I switched the compressor on. Everything on this Lorch is incredibly dirty and even a small gear takes quite a bit of time to clean.
Usually cellulose gloss is mixed 50/50 with thinners for spraying but I wanted to blast plenty of paint on so mixed it much thicker. Spraying is rapid and I thought I had done a good job until I saw two small runs appear on the tail-stock right where they would be in full view so not to worry; rejected by quality control until after dinner. I always take time to give the gun a good clean after each spraying session.
After dinner the paint had dried so the two runs were rubbed down with 240G abrasive paper then the tail-stock was blown over again with gloss and once again I cleaned the gun. Next job was to carefully remove the masking; the masking tape I'm using is poor in that it leaves lots of adhesive behind which is a pain to remove with white spirit. I removed the remaining adhesive on the tumbler reverse and also the head-stock because these two had dried OK but as seen in the picture of the tail-stock the adhesive can clearly be seen; no way was I going to attempt to remove the adhesive whilst the paint was still wet. As say it all takes a lot of time but is so rewarding to see the restoration move forward after each session. The colour of the tail-stock is more accurate than all the previous pictures showing the colour to be much lighter.
Tomorrow I can do a bit more work on this Lorch because I need to remain home as the new Gryphon motor is due to be delivered.
Kind regards, Col.
I'm sighing and ticking as I cool down from cutting the grass in our rear garden on such a beautiful day.
British Summer Time is now officially with us and I'm already making the most of it. I was in the garage very early this morning wanting to gloss the parts I had sprayed in etching primer. However I try to be respectful of our neighbours so set about cleaning some of the head-stock gears until 10 o'clock when I switched the compressor on. Everything on this Lorch is incredibly dirty and even a small gear takes quite a bit of time to clean.
Usually cellulose gloss is mixed 50/50 with thinners for spraying but I wanted to blast plenty of paint on so mixed it much thicker. Spraying is rapid and I thought I had done a good job until I saw two small runs appear on the tail-stock right where they would be in full view so not to worry; rejected by quality control until after dinner. I always take time to give the gun a good clean after each spraying session.
After dinner the paint had dried so the two runs were rubbed down with 240G abrasive paper then the tail-stock was blown over again with gloss and once again I cleaned the gun. Next job was to carefully remove the masking; the masking tape I'm using is poor in that it leaves lots of adhesive behind which is a pain to remove with white spirit. I removed the remaining adhesive on the tumbler reverse and also the head-stock because these two had dried OK but as seen in the picture of the tail-stock the adhesive can clearly be seen; no way was I going to attempt to remove the adhesive whilst the paint was still wet. As say it all takes a lot of time but is so rewarding to see the restoration move forward after each session. The colour of the tail-stock is more accurate than all the previous pictures showing the colour to be much lighter.
Tomorrow I can do a bit more work on this Lorch because I need to remain home as the new Gryphon motor is due to be delivered.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
