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neosapien · Apr 24, 2016

Unclebaldrick said:
Ceilings are the worst. Especially with progressive lenses.

This one had a mudswirl pattern on it too. It was just soaking up the paint. Took damn near the whole gallon to do 260sq ft.

eye exaggerate · Apr 24, 2016

Going to install a 50' zip line today, and build a platform for it, too. Starts at 9' and ends at 7'.

This makes me want to buy some paintball stuff to go with it

420God · Apr 27, 2016

Got quite a bit of the lift cleaned up today. I need to pick up some carbon arc rods tomorrow so I can finish cleaning the frame up.

I remove as much rust as I can and fix anything that needs it then spray it all down with a rust reformer. I'll paint when it's done.

GreatwhiteNorth · Apr 27, 2016

You ever check out Arc-Spray?
We do commercial sandblasting on quite a bit of stuff & then we "metalize".
Basically we blast to white metal with a very abrasive media, then with our Arc-spray machine (that is connected to a 450A welding machine) the dual feeds of pure zinc wire is atomized & blown onto the steel parts. They will literally NEVER rust if coated properly.
http://www.thermioninc.com/arcspray.php

420God · Apr 28, 2016

GreatwhiteNorth said:
You ever check out Arc-Spray?
We do commercial sandblasting on quite a bit of stuff & then we "metalize".
Basically we blast to white metal with a very abrasive media, then with our Arc-spray machine (that is connected to a 450A welding machine) the dual feeds of pure zinc wire is atomized & blown onto the steel parts. They will literally NEVER rust if coated properly.
http://www.thermioninc.com/arcspray.php

Looks cool! Pretty sure we had that done on some of the tankers I've worked on but never did it myself.

neosapien · Apr 28, 2016

That's like a galvinizer machine right. Isn't that what galvanized is? Zinc coating?

GreatwhiteNorth · Apr 28, 2016

neosapien said:
That's like a galvinizer machine right. Isn't that what galvanized is? Zinc coating?

It is on another level - instead of being dipped or sprayed the arc atomizes the zinc that is then blown onto the parts (the machine is also connected to the mobile air compressor).

It's cool, but we invested over 50k in the entire set-up.

curious2garden · Apr 28, 2016

GreatwhiteNorth said:
It is on another level - instead of being dipped or sprayed the arc atomizes the zinc that is then blown onto the parts (the machine is also connected to the mobile air compressor).

It's cool, but we invested over 50k in the entire set-up.

50K to you guys but this is 420god, if he gets the notion he'll whip one up in his garage off spare parts he had laying around

WeedFreak78 · Apr 28, 2016

GreatwhiteNorth said:
You ever check out Arc-Spray?
We do commercial sandblasting on quite a bit of stuff & then we "metalize".
Basically we blast to white metal with a very abrasive media, then with our Arc-spray machine (that is connected to a 450A welding machine) the dual feeds of pure zinc wire is atomized & blown onto the steel parts. They will literally NEVER rust if coated properly.
http://www.thermioninc.com/arcspray.php

I've been using phosphoric acid after I sandblast, also leaves a zinc coating but not to that level. I'm just a diy'er. How's that stuff coat? Would it get inside a frame? I'm sick of my vehicles rusting away.

GreatwhiteNorth · Apr 28, 2016

WeedFreak78 said:
I've been using phosphoric acid after I sandblast, also leaves a zinc coating but not to that level. I'm just a diy'er. How's that stuff coat? Would it get inside a frame? I'm sick of my vehicles rusting away.

You would first need to strip the frame as it has to be commercially sandblasted just prior to applying the arc-spray.
And that damn sand gets into everything so you have to be meticulous about prep.

WeedFreak78 · Apr 28, 2016

GreatwhiteNorth said:
You would first need to strip the frame as it has to be commercially sandblasted just prior to applying the arc-spray.
And that damn sand gets into everything so you have to be meticulous about prep.

I'm working with a spare stripped frame, I'm building a temp enclosure to sandblast it myself. It's getting fully boxed, new crossmembers, etc. I was just wondering if that stuff would get inside, similar to powder coat. I'll probably just paint it, I already have most of what I need, always looking at better options though. Like I said, I hate rust.

GreatwhiteNorth · Apr 28, 2016

WeedFreak78 said:
I'm working with a spare stripped frame, I'm building a temp enclosure to sandblast it myself. It's getting fully boxed, new crossmembers, etc. I was just wondering if that stuff would get inside, similar to powder coat. I'll probably just paint it, I already have most of what I need, always looking at better options though. Like I said, I hate rust.

It won't get up inside of tubing or anything like that.
You need to get a straight shot at what you want to coat with the gun.

420God · Apr 28, 2016

curious2garden said:
50K to you guys but this is 420god, if he gets the notion he'll whip one up in his garage off spare parts he had laying around

Close enough. :razz:

GreatwhiteNorth · Apr 28, 2016

It took me a minute. :wink:

curious2garden · Apr 28, 2016

420God said:
Close enough.

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+ REP

WeedFreak78 · Apr 28, 2016

GreatwhiteNorth said:
It won't get up inside of tubing or anything like that.
You need to get a straight shot at what you want to coat with the gun.

I want one, everything I own would get done.

WeedFreak78 · Apr 28, 2016

420God said:
Close enough.

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You ever try removing the paint after doing that? It's probably as tough.

420God · Apr 28, 2016

WeedFreak78 said:
You ever try removing the paint after doing that? It's probably as tough.

I might have to try that now.

Today I'm working on putting in some patio pavers so the dogs stop tearing up the yard and tracking mud in the house.

This is on the north side so it doesn't get the best sun to dry it up.

WeedFreak78 · Apr 28, 2016

420God said:
I might have to try that now.

Fair warning, whatever color paint you use, it's going to turn black. It ends up like a baked on plastic, kinda. I never thought about it as an actual coating, but it might kick ass the way it bonds, I might have to test it myself. I was going after wasps and didn't have any wd40 handy. :fire:

420God · Apr 28, 2016

Good enough for now. I'm going to add onto it sometime later when I get a cement apron poured in front of the garage.

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