The 'Today's Job' thread

Shovelhands

Shovelhands

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Yes, great stuff.
The guy I put the acoustic enclosures in for ordered a full box of what he assumed would be silver, got a box of green, gave me 12 cansπŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ that was 5 years ago and this last 1/3rd of the last can has been waiting to come in handy for a 3 years πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…
It’s excellent stuff, always have plenty on the shelf, but I’d not seen that shade of green before? πŸ€”
 
doobin

doobin

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Their cutting fluid is great stuff I think
Have you tried the foaming one? It's magic!
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William127

William127

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Will finishing off with decent grey oxide. Unthinned through the battery airless sprayer. Makes easy work of it. Really good coating, no messing. View attachment 35591
Just been reading through this oldish part of the thread and seen this. @doobin what sprayer is that? Having watched some builders spraying garden woodwork in with a mains sprayer and painting my chip box frame in grey oxide with a brush(should have got a little roller) this week, along with all the painting that comes up over the course of a year, this picture has really got me interested. πŸ‘πŸ‘
 
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DaveDCB

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Dug in some utilities today, extra elec duct under the new driveway to save it being dug up again, Bt into the pole and water jointed yesterday… while electricity lads breached and joined the overheads in.. 8 lads, 6 hours……… mind blown 🀯🀯🀯🀯
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doobin

doobin

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Just been reading through this oldish part of the thread and seen this. @doobin what sprayer is that? Having watched some builders spraying garden woodwork in with a mains sprayer and painting my chip box frame in grey oxide with a brush(should have got a little roller) this week, along with all the painting that comes up over the course of a year, this picture has really got me interested. πŸ‘πŸ‘
Graco airless battery sprayer- the one that will do oil based paint (not just water based). It's good but a faff to clean (as is any spray gun) compared to binning a disposable brush or roller. On large areas the paint cannister doesn't last long compared to a static airless sprayer. The paint cannister uses disposable liners so that saves some faffing but you still need to clean the lid, clean the tips and purge the workings every time you finish with it.

 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yeh, airless sprayers are superb for putting it on with ..... got a big hydraulic one and used to have a couple of diaphragm ones, but they were a PITA.
As Doob says, the cleaning is a major faff, but unless you get them spotless and totally purged EVERY time, you might as well chuck 'em if you don't.
Spares and consumables are also damned expensive and not to be put in the hands of numpties. Get your hand in front of the jet and it'll go through it and put paint in your blood stream :oops: :(
 
William127

William127

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Graco airless battery sprayer- the one that will do oil based paint (not just water based). It's good but a faff to clean (as is any spray gun) compared to binning a disposable brush or roller. On large areas the paint cannister doesn't last long compared to a static airless sprayer. The paint cannister uses disposable liners so that saves some faffing but you still need to clean the lid, clean the tips and purge the workings every time you finish with it.

Interesting, cheers. I suspected that cleaning it would need quite a but of attention but that's obviously not a big problem.
Not something that I'll rush out and buy but next time a suitable job comes up I'll definitely be giving it some thought. Could be like the cordless riviter- put it off, put it off, buy it, how the hell did I live without itπŸ˜…πŸ˜…
 
Grahams

Grahams

Don't complain - suggest what's better
Could be like the cordless riviter- put it off, put it off, buy it, how the hell did I live without itπŸ˜…πŸ˜…
What cordless riviter do you have? I bought a drill adapter one, but it only lasted 9 rivits before it broke, so back to the old lazy tongs at present wich are slow and cumbersome.
 
Silversabre

Silversabre

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What cordless riviter do you have? I bought a drill adapter one, but it only lasted 9 rivits before it broke, so back to the old lazy tongs at present wich are slow and cumbersome.
I only managed two with mine, had to strip it down between rivets, maybe it was because i used it on my impact driver.

That will teach me
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
got an air one which I've had for donkey's years and has had some pop rivets through it, in its time .... not particularly air thirsty/hungry either .... unbeatable for panel work
can see the appeal of a cordless one ... but only if they're faff free :rolleyes:
(also have an air snips/side cutters, which on weldmesh work, were brilliant) (y)
 
TiltyShaun

TiltyShaun

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I have managed to break to Rivinut tools. When pulling up the rivi nut I must pull it too much and keep threading the bloody end!!
 
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