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"Back From The Archives" I get asked a lot what's the best way to paint raised letters? There are as many different ways to do it as there are old machines .... I have used an artist brush, made a stamp out of cork, used a sponge, paint marker, etc. but this is what I've found gives me the best results. First thing is prep the raised letters for paint by going over it with a sanding block and fine sand paper. Then take a paper towel and tightly roll it up, fold it in half and tape the halves together, then flatten the end at the fold. Now dip the end into some paint and dab it on some paper to get the excess paint off of it. Then start dabbing it on the letters. The more pressure you push down with the more it will paint around the sides of the letters, just don't push to hard or you'll paint parts you don't want too. I push hard enough so it just starts to roll over the top of the letters on to the sides. Painting all the letters took maybe 3 or 4 minutes. A lot quicker than trying to do it with a brush. And clean up couldn't be easier, ... just toss it in the garbage when you're done. Shane- 22 replies
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"Back From The Archives " I have 3 handwheels that I need to restore for my Enterprise band saw. I figured I would put together a quick pictorial showing the steps I used to make them beautiful again. Original condition: As you can see in the pic above they are in pretty rough shape .. rusted, pitted, and any original old paint that is left is flaking off. First thing I do is use a handheld wire brush and remove as much of the dirt and paint as I can. Next I use a wire wheel mounted on a buffer/grinder and remove the rest of the crud and rust, taking it down to bare metal. After hitting it with the wire wheel it's looking pretty good. If the rust was only on the surface then you can skip this next step, but the rust on these was pretty heavy which caused some minor pitting. I mounted the wheel in my metal lathe and used various grits of emery cloth and sand paper to clean them up. The wheel in the upper right hand corner of the pic above is very pitted and I will need to use a file to get rid of most of the pits. If you don't have a lathe you can build a mandrel and mount it in a drill press or just mount a wooden dowel in a vice, slip the wheel over the dowel and turn it by hand, I've done it that way many times and it works great. Next I use a buffing wheel and load the spiral sewn wheel with tripoli compound and the loose cotton wheel with white diamond compound. Then start polishing. Purdy .... Next give the whole wheel a wipe down with some denatured alcohol or mineral spirits to get rid off any wax residue that may be present so the paint will stick to the bare metal. Use some masking tape to cover the polished areas. And apply the paint. Good as new! One down, two more to go. Looking at the time stamps on the pics it took me an hour and a half from start to finish, not including time spent waiting for the paint to dry. Hope this helps ... Good luck,