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Hi
Lads
I have been moving my shop around (again)
This time I decided to paint my millSmiley-dancenanaSmiley-dancenana
I bought a tin of light grey "marine enamel" paint from a boot sale
It is old has loads of safety warnings on it and really smells
I mixed a bit of black in with it until I liked the colour DroolDroolDroolDrool
I painted a set of drawers out side they were touch dry in 30 minutes hard in 2 hours (seems like proper paint)
I stripped some bits from the mill gave it a wash with brake cleaner and a scrub with a "scotch brite" pad.
I tried a little bit of paint on the nee (I will have to wait until the wife is at work to paint the rest) as she has astma BashBashBashBash
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John
John,

Those drawers you painted turned out nice. Thumbsup

Ed
John it sure does sound like a "proper paint and looks good too.
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I love the clutter of your shop it looks just like mine. Big Grin

Of course my shop is bigger so you know I have WAAAY more clutter.

Rotfl
The "clutter" should be gone tomorrow Big GrinBig GrinBig GrinBig GrinBig GrinBig GrinBig Grin
Shame you can no longer buy proper paint JawdropJawdrop
John
Looks good John.

You can still buy "proper" paint. You just need to buy it from an automotive supply and pay a fortune for it.

Tom
LOL - all this because someone on MadModder told you that blue and white painted machines were cursed in some way Big Grin

Those drawers certainly look very nice and I'm sure the mill will too. Nice work John.
Real nice cabinet.
Hi
Lads
Got the mill painted todayDroolDroolDrool
3 hours later and it was back together
I still have the head to paint (this will need stripping) to do a proper jobSlapheadSlapheadSlapheadSlaphead

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John
Looks good John Smiley-signs107
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DaveH
(07-07-2013, 02:55 PM)DaveH Wrote: [ -> ]Looks good John Smiley-signs107
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