Gene, guess I'm kinda late here, but I paint just about every bit of iron I can get my hands on with Valspar Tractor and Implement Enamel, its great stuff but comes in limited colors. However, it is possible to mix the various stock colors to get just about any color imaginably. Its pretty cheap stuff and I buy it by the case from Tractor Supply and keep several gallons of "theme" colors mixed up for repainting my Chinese junk as it comes in. I use it with the hardener and dilute it with "stinky" naphtha before spraying it. It goes on real nice and is the only paint I have found that laughs off hot chips and cutting oil. Rustoleum is like milk paint in comparison.
Re: plugging holes. I use that cheap foamy rope calk stuff you jamb under the doors on a cold night (I do that at least). It comes in several diameters from about .25 to .75 and the rolls I get are 90ft so they last me a few years at least. I have also used it in place of silicone plugs when powder coating. It works but stinks up the oven (not to mention the house!) when I bake the parts. Regards, Kurt On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Sunday 05 March 2017 22:27:40 linden wrote: > > > If you cant find caps and plugs disposable foam ear plugs or pieces > > there of can be used in a pinch to keep paint getting in holes it is > > not wanted in. > > > Hmm, neat idea, but too late, the rattle gun has been there. :( ATM, I've > only 6, 4mm holes to worry about when I try to reassemble it tomorrow. > Nothing else is tapped although there will be a couple 2-56's in it for > the x home switch by the end of the next 2-3 days. > > Thanks Linden. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
