Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2012/1/3 11:14:58
finally got my garage all squared away only to mess it up again. oh well.
i got me a real mans vise instead of that crappy chinese thing i was using and i finally got me a hose real for the air.
i added about 3 4x8 sheets of plywood to my attic space above the garage to make more room up there and built another shelf in the garage to get crap off the floor and outa my way.
ran a wire to my DTV box only to find out that i don't have a mutliplexer on the outside so i can't have a 5th output right now fromt he SAT. so i ordered one from ebay for 12 bucks....since DTV wanted 49 to come out and plug it in....no thanks jerks. i'll do it myself. i'm only doing this cause its only gonna be like 5 bucks to turn on that reciever a month. worth it to stop messing with my crappy free channels that never seem to come in right. plus i'll get SPEED in the garage now.
i primed my intake manifold (2000 degree engine paint in flat that stops rust too). then i used my small detail HVLP that i bought about 2 years ago when they had them cheap at Lowes. worked pretty good i must say. it was my first time with the gun so you can see some air waves in parts of the paint till i got the gun dialed in right and the air flow right. 45psi seemed to be best for this gun, even though it says 40 (could be air tank meter is off).
gotta call the powdercoaters to see if they finished redoing my parts that i didn't like.
had to take apart my washer too....transmission bearing making noise and wont spin sometimes. parts ordered.
and word to the wise...i stirred and stirred that Bill Hirsh Packard paint till i was blue in the face and all i can say....DO NOT SPONGE IT ON....it looked like crap, so i broke out the spray gun....WAY BETTER! i only used about 7 oz of paint on the intake manifold vs way more sponging/brushing and looks way better as it mixed the pigment better spraying.
anyways enough talking and more pic looking.
Hank
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i got me a real mans vise instead of that crappy chinese thing i was using and i finally got me a hose real for the air.
i added about 3 4x8 sheets of plywood to my attic space above the garage to make more room up there and built another shelf in the garage to get crap off the floor and outa my way.
ran a wire to my DTV box only to find out that i don't have a mutliplexer on the outside so i can't have a 5th output right now fromt he SAT. so i ordered one from ebay for 12 bucks....since DTV wanted 49 to come out and plug it in....no thanks jerks. i'll do it myself. i'm only doing this cause its only gonna be like 5 bucks to turn on that reciever a month. worth it to stop messing with my crappy free channels that never seem to come in right. plus i'll get SPEED in the garage now.
i primed my intake manifold (2000 degree engine paint in flat that stops rust too). then i used my small detail HVLP that i bought about 2 years ago when they had them cheap at Lowes. worked pretty good i must say. it was my first time with the gun so you can see some air waves in parts of the paint till i got the gun dialed in right and the air flow right. 45psi seemed to be best for this gun, even though it says 40 (could be air tank meter is off).
gotta call the powdercoaters to see if they finished redoing my parts that i didn't like.
had to take apart my washer too....transmission bearing making noise and wont spin sometimes. parts ordered.
and word to the wise...i stirred and stirred that Bill Hirsh Packard paint till i was blue in the face and all i can say....DO NOT SPONGE IT ON....it looked like crap, so i broke out the spray gun....WAY BETTER! i only used about 7 oz of paint on the intake manifold vs way more sponging/brushing and looks way better as it mixed the pigment better spraying.
anyways enough talking and more pic looking.
Hank
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