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Posted by Gunner on February 20, 2008, 8:03 am
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:42:55 -0800, "William Noble"
>I am replacing my old taiwan drill press with a 17 inch rockwell delta
>unit - one of the old ones - I got one, and it had some bad parts - so I now
>have four heads - and I'm busy taking them apart and cleaning them up enough
>to put all the best stuff into one drill press - I've been bead blasting or
>stripping the castings one way or another, painting with an etching primer -
>that leaves a finish coat
>
>I know I always recommend Imron, but I can't get it any more and the Imron I
>have left is black and I don't want a black drill press - I want a nice
>modern pale green color, I think - so the question is - urethane? lacquer?
>acrylic? two part epoxy? catalyzed acrylic? I have a finishmaster
>automotive paint store nearby - I can get a pint of paint with some catalyst
>for $30 or so - I don't mind using expensive materials because I really
>really really hate doing stuff over -
>
>so, what do you-all think?
I use Rustoleum industrial, usually Smoke Gray, and it holds up just
fine.
Ive also used the Sherwin Williams CENTURIOn Water-based Urethane with
good results on machine tools
Gunner
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>--
>bill
>to email me, to to my web page, www.wbnoble.com and find my email
>or unscramble the following by removing spaces and correcting the obvious
>spelling errors
>
>wil lia m_b_n obl e at msn daught com
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>unit - one of the old ones - I got one, and it had some bad parts - so I now
>have four heads - and I'm busy taking them apart and cleaning them up enough
>to put all the best stuff into one drill press - I've been bead blasting or
>stripping the castings one way or another, painting with an etching primer -
>that leaves a finish coat
>
>I know I always recommend Imron, but I can't get it any more and the Imron I
>have left is black and I don't want a black drill press - I want a nice
>modern pale green color, I think - so the question is - urethane? lacquer?
>acrylic? two part epoxy? catalyzed acrylic? I have a finishmaster
>automotive paint store nearby - I can get a pint of paint with some catalyst
>for $30 or so - I don't mind using expensive materials because I really
>really really hate doing stuff over -
>
>so, what do you-all think?