Spreader update

[Sberry]

We just needed some more pics here. We will let it sit a couple days and put it back together.

[Sberry]

We put it on a farm wagon running gear, sandblast, epoxy primer and Imron topcoat.

[Sberry]

I hung the axels from the A frame hoist with a spreader and put a piece of pipe on the hubs on the bottom to keep them seperated.

[Franz]

S you are gonna sand out all them runs & sags that I wouldn't have put on there, aren't you.
I think it ought to be pin striped too.

[Sberry]

You never see a dull run do you? That stuff is hard to make it run, it dries so fast that even if you get it on heavy just come back in a min and keep on going. Those cheap tractor enamals are the worst, you can spray a coat and go have dinner between. I add some Kwik-cure to those and that really helps. I was too lazy to hook up my big paint pot and thought about buying a 2 1/2 qt the other day but forgot it and wanted to do this on the weekend so I cup gun sprayed it. Only about 6 qts for a coat but there are so many angles to something like that and it takes forever. There were a few pieces severly pitted, just fill them right up with paint. I really like the Corlar primer though, even if topcoats seperate that stuff stays so there still isnt bare steel. About 200$ for paint for that. I was thinking of some racing stripes,, maybe some green.

[Franz]

S equipment and scaffolding are 2 of the best arguments I ever saw for electrostatic painting.
Biggest trouble I have with painting is no matter how new of a gun I have the **** paint manufacturers make a new paint that requires a newer gun. I have a solution, I just let my buddy who paints cars deal with any painting job that needs to look good now.
How long do you think that spreader is going to look good when you start running lime or fertilizer thru it?

[theonlybull]

s, that takes all the challenger out of painting, when you have a paint shop. i like the outdoors method, fine for equipment, but a little hard to get cars to look just right with dust and fly's in the paint :P

[Franz]

Been ponderin on your white spreader S, and the more I think on it, more it seems like a good idea to paint a green script S on the sides & back. Then everybody around you could talk about the S spreader down at the coffy shop.
Oliver Green would look real nice.

[Sberry]

Bull, I have painted outside too, adds some texture to it. Sometimes its actually nice for equipment as the light is better. This works pretty fair, I didnt put the end curtain sown which would have helped a little. I usually do in the winter on larger jobs as it pulls warm air from the ceiling and makes a downdraft. I am still considering the stripes. I can leave 3/4 inch between them and mask once to make red and green ones. Just mask, scuff and roll them on so I dont have overspray problems. I am going to let it sit another couple days, involved in excavating for some new water, gas, phone and airlines. Trying to beat the snow which is coming soon.