Hmmm,
I reckon it's a shiny laquer top coat
I'm surprised how well it's clinging to the metal under the fusebox here... I can't readily scratch it off at all ( I wonder what paint system this is given there appears to be no primer). In a lot of places I can scratch this paint of with my thumbnail
I should be able to strip most of this back to bare metal with a pressure washer.
Does anyone know what paint marks signifiy (I'm sure an early "D" expert will now what a brush stroke of red paint here means). I'll re-create these after if's painted black again.
I'd love to spend some more time tinkering with this ... but I only seem to find about an hour late at night some nights to get out there Just as well we have no neighbours living on top of the shed any longer
I reckon there's an "oil" in it's hydraulics too , certainly it doesn't appear to be brake fluid, it's to vicious and doesn't smell right ... Maybe Canola ?? If so it'll probably have saved the hydraulics being soaked in an oil for 25+years it's been sitting (rather than moisture retaining/corroding brake fluid).
seeya,
Shane L.
I reckon it's a shiny laquer top coat
I'm surprised how well it's clinging to the metal under the fusebox here... I can't readily scratch it off at all ( I wonder what paint system this is given there appears to be no primer). In a lot of places I can scratch this paint of with my thumbnail
I should be able to strip most of this back to bare metal with a pressure washer.
Does anyone know what paint marks signifiy (I'm sure an early "D" expert will now what a brush stroke of red paint here means). I'll re-create these after if's painted black again.
I'd love to spend some more time tinkering with this ... but I only seem to find about an hour late at night some nights to get out there Just as well we have no neighbours living on top of the shed any longer
I reckon there's an "oil" in it's hydraulics too , certainly it doesn't appear to be brake fluid, it's to vicious and doesn't smell right ... Maybe Canola ?? If so it'll probably have saved the hydraulics being soaked in an oil for 25+years it's been sitting (rather than moisture retaining/corroding brake fluid).
seeya,
Shane L.