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April 21, 2005
secret option #7: both
well, i did take a little nap. sometimes i think the nicest way to appreciate a beautiful day is with a light nap in a bright, airy room with open windows. then i headed over to the garage to try out some new paint removal strategies.
finally some good progress tonight! i used my little orbital sander and 120 grit sanding discs. i discovered something that i'd started to suspect-- the sandblasting wasn't actually reaching bare metal. there's three layers: brown paint, white primer and dark gray primer. i guess they are primers or one primer that separates into two layers. i was only getting down to the dark gray primer and it looked similar to metal, plus it is more difficult to remove than the first two layers.
anyway, it's incredibly gratifying to see the bright, silvery bare metal! it's exactly what i had hoped for, all light and sparkly. with a coat of high gloss clear epoxy it's going to be incredibly eye-catching. i'm getting excited.
my hands feel funny and my ears are ringing a little-- i should bring some ear protection next time.
Posted by lisa at April 21, 2005 10:29 PM | TrackBack
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Yes everyone. Please always use hearing protection when operating power tools. Home Depot has cheap foam earplugs that work great for this.
Posted by: rossi on April 22, 2005 10:54 AM
i think rossi is getting kickpacks from the earplug companies.
Posted by: alicia on April 22, 2005 11:00 AM
secret option -- tee hee!
Wasn't it Rossi on alt.music.chapel-hill, "dealing" fancy earplugs a few years ago?
For some reason, I read "Orbitz sander", and then I started thinking of travel.
Posted by: Phil on April 23, 2005 11:36 AM
Actually, that was Grady. I was plugging them on the WXDU list a couple of weeks ago, though. I don't recommend using the fancy ones for power tools. The cheap foam ones have better attenuation and you don't really care about hearing the proper frequency balance of your belt sander. My workbench is next to our band practice room, so I also use the cheap ones when soldering patch bays while The Nein is practicing.
Posted by: rossi on April 25, 2005 10:25 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.