Lathe Painting Questions.

Ah, I guess yours are press-fit, mine are 60 years old with BSF threads!

Dave H. (the other one)
 
Double stuck tape or weather stripping or any other thick and rubbery peel and stick stuff can be used.

For ball oiler try a paper hole punch to punch out a blank to stick on it

Remember it is a lathe and after a month or so it will be messed up anyway...

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Yea, but for the month it will look good, and besides it is going to keep some rust down. Did not like it much when I figured out moisture was under the paint. And I do not have a coolant system So some of the humidity is getting in. I fight enough with the parts that do not get painted
Have found that it has been at least 4 different colors,
Top gray
under that Light Gray
some color green
Under that White
under that emerald green
I think part of the problem is no one took care of the problems before they put a new coat on which is why I am finding rust under some paint spots.
 
At least you didn't uncover a layer of burnt orange paint. Usually indicates "lead" in the paint.
 
No the original primer is what looks like the old redish primer. Not sure if that is the one you are talking about, It is a 1977 vintage lathe according to the plate on it.
 
Ken,
If the problem is as bad as that you might be better off stripping back to bare metal and starting again. Otherwise you risk your new paint lifting because the layers underneath arent adhering.

Cheers Phil
 
For fast cheap easy stripping go to sams club and get the grill cleaner.

It is a 3 pack of quart size bottles of oven cleaner with a spray head for about 9 bucks.

It will attack the paint and water rinse.

If you have any painted label take remove them first

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For fast cheap easy stripping go to sams club and get the grill cleaner.

It is a 3 pack of quart size bottles of oven cleaner with a spray head for about 9 bucks.

It will attack the paint and water rinse.

If you have any painted label take remove them first

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Man, don't do that! That stuff has lots of caustic materials in it. Don't get me wrong, I tried that on my 20" L & S, it caused more rust on every thing around where it was used! You're much better off using a paint stripper that is not too tempermental with metal rusting, just removing paint. Ken
 
It is lye based oven cleaner for food preparation apparatus.

Lots safer than any oil based solvents.

Yes it could rust but it is easy to control via pant thinner in a spray bottle to wet it down after rinsing.

If you have bad surface preparation that requires yiu to get to bare metal then that is the magic stuff.

Any sheet metal that can be removed should be.

For carefull control use a pump up garden sprayer with a strong dawn mix and you can focus the rinsing to keep the mess under control.

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I like electrolysis. Its slow, methodical, doesn't harm anything its not supposed too, painfree, cheap and simple.

Cheers Phil
 
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