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Rebirth of a Denford MIRAC CNC Lathe
awemawson:
Initial tests of the paint sample are very promising :thumbup: After 90 minutes drying it passes the 'can I scratch it with my thumb nail test' which the Simonize failed miserably. Makers advise 24 hours for full cure.
So I've cleaned up the door and sprayed the inside with it's first coat. I'll give it another coat later today and leave it over night before turning it over and doing the outside.
AdeV:
You do realise of course that the shiny new door is going to make the rest of the machine look a bit shabby.... and in need of a paint job of it's own....? :Doh: :lol:
Full strip-down to follow? :poke: :ddb:
awemawson:
Yes Ade, the cream coloured cover assembly would seem to lift off after about a million M4 button head screws have been removed. But I'm waiting for a bit of fine weather so that I can remove it, take it outside and grit blast it with my Hodge Clemco.
Meanwhile i'm trying to track down some very tough paint in that cream colour
hermetic:
Hi Andrew, that glass rubber bead is very reminiscent of the original Austin mini screen seal, I have one of those bead fitting tools too!. We used to put the screen into the bead, put a loop of string into the gap where the metal would be, place the whole lot over the hole, inserting the metal at one side and then pull the string inside the car, which lipped the rubber seal over the metal! Easy, especially with a bit of liquid soap or swarfega to lube the rubber. The inner lip that fits to the metal is far softer than the bit that holds the screen, and when the loop method fails, as it sometimes does, you can usually lip the rest of the rubber over with your fingers.
Phil.
awemawson:
Hi Phil,
I just watched a YouTube video where they did just that :thumbup:
I'm thinking of stretching the rubber around the window, cutting it exactly and supergluing it into a circle, so it will hold on and doing precisely as you describe :clap:
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