Let us spray
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 08:45AM Having said that, I'm not actually sure why blog posts tend to start of with 'witty' titles. I know I'm not the only one to do it, someone must be to blame for this trend.
Anyhoo, we went up and did some more work on Misterton this past weekend and actually took some pictures this time.
Faced with acres of bare plywood to paint, I impulse brought a cheap paint sprayer thinking it would make it easier. Having had a few goes myself, all I seemed to succeed in doing was creating loads of dripping paint in a very short space of time. We fiddled around with some settings and I let Mary have a go. Things seemed to get better straight away, so I left her to it.
The face mask was essential, you can see how much fine mist there is. The paint seemed to need thinning loads in order to work, but you can't argue with the results.
These are just coats of white emulsion to seal the wood. Mary is in charge of the interior colour scheme (I did the outside, so seems only fair) so I'm not sure what the final coats will be yet.
I predictably did some more work on the engine, blanking off some extra inlets on the seacock. I'd previously attempted to do this with hammered over bits of copper pipe, but the use of proper blanking plugs is much better. I like the contrast of the shiny new bits against the skanky greasy bits.
I also brought for 55p a length of cord to make an 'autostart' mechanism for the engine as shown in Mike Askin's video at the bottom of the page here. Worked well, and I was able to start the engine by myself.
That's it for now. Reading back through this, it looks like Mary achieved much more than me over the weekend, but that must be some kind of optical illusion.
Reader Comments (2)
So how does the autostart work then?
When do we get a vid of it in action?
You can see how it works on the engine page of the site. Basically a loop of string flicks the de-compressor lever once you've cranked it round a few times. :)