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Good work there Dave.Not the phone's camera though.Your work,if your camera work as hard on this as you did.Ha ha you know what I mean.I do like though.Hey since you did such a great job do you want to do mine now. lol. Good work man hold your head up high and give your self a pat on the back.Well done.

a lot closer now to finished . still chasing better wheels and when i paint something else the ring will change colour too i think , but i sort of like it this way now





and stickers too , i think mine got lost in the shuffle ! Dave

it does a great job too !

Looks great Dave,
almost had a stroke when i saw cut grass on it ...... but then again thats what they do.
cant wait to repaint the vc autodrive now

hadto use it atleast once , it runs and cuts great even with old blades on it by the time i finished it loosened up a lot too , still sounds new . even the missus yelled at me (aaaaaaall that time and look at the mess now !) hehehe its ok , cleaned up nice though

No man you have to paint the ring,and why are you cutting grass with?Oh my lord.Better pictures now.Did you get your camera working?

i just bought a cheap new one , at least its better than a phone . i got carried away a tad was all , but its a great thing and the engine loosened up nicely too and all cleaned up well now and put away so i dont get tempted again . yeh i will paint it i think , wait till i paint something else

Dave, on a great resto....I agree with Jeffrey, paint the ring mate....It will finish it off nicely.
Dave and well done!

thanks deejay , its a treat to use too light n easy and does a great job . ok ok i'll paint the ring

here we go , better now ? i think i got used to the way it was though but hmmmm better i think ?

amazing it looks a different colour though , same gun and paint it must change fast as it ages a tad

Did you put thinners in the hammertone? As if you use a different mixture you then change the texture of the hammertone.That will make it look different.Looks good anyway,but it will change it a lot.Not sure if that's what you did but it looks more hammertoney.

Hi guys,yes it does look a bit like hammertone just at the front...that effect is sometimes called 'fish-eye' and can be caused by handling the article with bare hands just prior to painting...the oils from bare hands will transfer to the article. Any trace of oil, silicone or grease will cause fish-eye.
The solution is to always wipe down with Prepsol (Wax and Grease remover) and allow that to dry off completely prior to painting, and use clean gloves if you have to handle it.
I agree with Jeffrey mate....looks good!

When I use prepsol I alway have to clean rags one to wipe the prepsol and one to clean of what it has removed. Then don't touch or even breathe on. Seems to work for me.

The paint can have a different affect with even the slightest change of the enviroment around it when being sprayed, When I worked in a shop that rebuilt electric motors The ones sprayed in the afternoon when it was quite hot outside would have more hammertone affect than the ones I sprayed in the mornings,

Condensation or humidity is what that would have been.Yes that can affect the quality and colour of paint but I don't think this is what has happen here.It appears to have more of a hammertone affect.Possible less thinners mixed into it.

With hammer tone if you are spraying it you have to use the right thinners too.

what type of thinners ? the base was painted flat on a table , i made the mistake of hanging the ring while i did the 18 base , its why it looks more hammery at the front , it ran/sagged . still working out the best way . i'm not a painter by any stretch , but fun trying though . it was a realy warm day and left them in the sun a while . when the ute' was done it was a lot cooler . same mix too 50-50 . GP type thinners

I've only used GP as well.Maybe not at the same amount.I think I mix it at 75% to 25%.The 25 being the thinners.I paint hanging up as flat on tables can pick dust and other junk.

so 50/50's a bit thin ? worked ok 'till i tried it hanging . a tad wet i think and the regulator is by hand (fold the airline !) i'll try some different paint next time . see if i can get a closer match

Well yes 50/50 way to thin.You would have almost thinned out the hammertone it would have almost been paint.Some hammertones you can just apply without thinners (some that is,not all). So I just do it as 75% hammertone to 25% thinner.Just so it can flow through the gun without blobling everywhere.I dont know even do primer as a 50/50 it thins that down to much as well.Try it that way next time you'll be suprised at the differents.Actully when I seen the mower painted I didn't even think you used hammertone.