The 'Today's Job' thread

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DaveDCB

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I did, highways inspector turned up said other highways guy was a fecking idiot and only got the job because his wife’s brother was the big boss. I told him I’d spent an hour trying to talk him rd but wouldn’t have it. He said he’s an idiot do it the way you wanted I’ll pass it. 👍

Idiot guy had insisted on this stupid kerb across footway because it was on drawing I cut it out after speaking to the old experienced Clark of works
Terrible jobsworth! 🤦‍♂️ Fair enough splay it to the road but not when you have a demarcation /footpath kerbline
 
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Shovelhands

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doobin

doobin

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Bit of a touch up on the machines- you know what bobcat paint is like if you leave it…🤦‍♂️ Not my forte and a job I hate but it’s only a digger at the end of the day.


On the plus side- amazingly little wear in the pins given all the grab work we do. I put a large amount of that down to the super sticky black grease that we use from LRT lubricants.
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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Bit of a touch up on the machines- you know what bobcat paint is like if you leave it…🤦‍♂️ Not my forte and a job I hate but it’s only a digger at the end of the day.


On the plus side- amazingly little wear in the pins given all the grab work we do. I put a large amount of that down to the super sticky black grease that we use from LRT lubricants. View attachment 39214
looks a tidy job Boyo ... :cool:
HVLP pot? ... :unsure:
never been my forte either ... :(
alright with the airless, but that was never a finish coat, just HBZP primer, or bitumen on boat bottoms .... :giggle:
did spray one of the lad's cars for him once and turned out OK.(y)
's a practiced art :rolleyes:

I presume it's lashing down at your end of the world ... much like here :cry:
 
doobin

doobin

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looks a tidy job Boyo ... :cool:
HVLP pot? ... :unsure:
never been my forte either ... :(
alright with the airless, but that was never a finish coat, just HBZP primer, or bitumen on boat bottoms .... :giggle:
did spray one of the lad's cars for him once and turned out OK.(y)
's a practiced art :rolleyes:

I presume it's lashing down at your end of the world ... much like here :cry:
Nah, just rattle cans. The local auto factors own brand 'gloss white' is the best match I've found, and that's including Bobcat's own brand! Nasty round nozzle and I can't find any fan nozzles to fit but hey ho. It's just a digger!

I did it once before but it didn't hold too well in a couple of places. So this time I'm giving this primer a go- sounds like it's deisgned for the job. Done the white and just ordering the grey.


You wouldn't believe how far back the rust travels under the paint after a knock. My Benford dumper from late nineties is still perfect paint wise- where it's scratched it rusts but doesn't travel. Why is modern paint so s**t?
 
GazCro

GazCro

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Nah, just rattle cans. The local auto factors own brand 'gloss white' is the best match I've found, and that's including Bobcat's own brand! Nasty round nozzle and I can't find any fan nozzles to fit but hey ho. It's just a digger!

I did it once before but it didn't hold too well in a couple of places. So this time I'm giving this primer a go- sounds like it's deisgned for the job. Done the white and just ordering the grey.


You wouldn't believe how far back the rust travels under the paint after a knock. My Benford dumper from late nineties is still perfect paint wise- where it's scratched it rusts but doesn't travel. Why is modern paint so s**t?
Lack of prep and lack of layers as well as nasties taken out of paints is why the modern isn't as good.
Do you use an etch primer @doobin
 
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doobin

doobin

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Lack of prep and lack of layers as well as nasties taken out of paints is why the modern isn't as good.
Do you use an etch primer @doobin
I was led to believe that an etch primer is only really for super smooth, machined parts. These are just rubbed back to bare metal with a stripping pad on a 90 degree grinder so still a fair key there.

We'll see how this expoxy primer does.
 
GazCro

GazCro

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I was led to believe that an etch primer is only really for super smooth, machined parts. These are just rubbed back to bare metal with a stripping pad on a 90 degree grinder so still a fair key there.

We'll see how this expoxy primer does.
Epoxy is supposed to be able to do the job by itself but personally any bare metal gets a coat of etch. BIL used that epoxy but out of a spray gun on my pickup bed when we repaired it but we etch primed first.
 
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6feetdown

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Nah, just rattle cans. The local auto factors own brand 'gloss white' is the best match I've found, and that's including Bobcat's own brand! Nasty round nozzle and I can't find any fan nozzles to fit but hey ho. It's just a digger!

I did it once before but it didn't hold too well in a couple of places. So this time I'm giving this primer a go- sounds like it's deisgned for the job. Done the white and just ordering the grey.


You wouldn't believe how far back the rust travels under the paint after a knock. My Benford dumper from late nineties is still perfect paint wise- where it's scratched it rusts but doesn't travel. Why is modern paint so s**t?
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