RE: One note about sanding the top plate....

Posted by philltubes (A) on July 14, 2008 at 10:15:00

In Reply to: RE: One note about sanding the top plate.... posted by castironandtubes on July 14, 2008 at 05:05:38:

Dave, I painted my table 5 times before I was happy with it, what a pain in the ass! One of the times I repainted was due to visible lines (scratches)from sanding even after painting. Finally, I sanded the top plate again then used acetone to clean before painting, I did not go all the way to bare metal but got good results, finally.

I think my other failures were due to high humidity, it looked great when I finished painting but hours later the paint would shrivel so I would scrape it off and try it again, then more failures. The final painting was done in my garage then I moved the table down into my partially air conditioned basement to dry, it now looks just like it did when I finished painting. Good Luck with your painting.

Phill

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Topic - ROK Painting (Casteronandtubes) - philltubes 10:45:24 07/13/08 (15)

Many thanks - castironandtubes 17:15:15 07/13/08 (4)

One note about sanding the top plate.... - tubesforever 22:43:15 07/13/08 (3)

RE: One note about sanding the top plate.... - castironandtubes 05:05:38 07/14/08 (2)

RE: One note about sanding the top plate.... - philltubes 07/14/0810:15:00 07/14/08 (0)

Easier to cut primer than aluminum. - tubesforever 10:08:37 07/14/08 (0)

But.... - powermatic 12:13:48 07/13/08 (9)

Wow - castironandtubes 17:06:02 07/13/08 (3)

RE: Easy as falling off a log - Epstein 15:26:43 07/14/08 (2)

RE: Easy as falling off a log - castironandtubes 20:57:50 07/14/08 (1)

RE: Easy as falling off a log - castironandtubes 21:49:45 07/14/08 (0)

RE: But.... - philltubes 12:55:03 07/13/08 (4)

spit shine - powermatic 16:59:47 07/13/08 (3)

RE: Sorry Nonamatic, you're not done yet - Epstein 20:13:33 07/13/08 (2)

Oh, man. You may have opened a whole new can o' worms. - powermatic 11:24:49 07/14/08 (0)

Very cool! I like the vintage plane/car look. - tubesforever 20:54:04 07/13/08 (0)

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