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Spent Wednesday and Thursday evenings painting. The friend who offered to sandblast parts is regretting it, I think. He delivered 3 blasted pieces Wed evening. Said that the paint was "recalcitrant". I think it's kicking his butt LOL. Told him again that he didn't have to do it but he's...

Oh, one more thing; got an email from the panel maker place. My control panel shipped today. Heck, I just ordered it Sunday! Sure hope I didn't screw up anything on the design. That would be a nice chunk of change to blow.

Busy afternoon / evening. Not done yet though. One more coat of paint before I call it quits. Made a plate to cover the hole where the fuel filler used to be. Drilled and tapped the fame so I could bolt it on. The small plate is for a hole near the control panel. The old plate had a big...

Heck, that makes two of us!! Maiden voyage: Hadn't really got that far in my thoughts yet but I will make sure to do a video LOL. Something WONDERFUL happened yesterday (Sunday) while I was out blasting parts. Wife and granddaughter were going to a movie with a friend / neighbor who has a...

New paint gun should be here tomorrow. Not a moment too soon. This was probably the easiest one so far to remove the paint.... there was almost none left.

Got the control panel design finished. Got 4 more panels ready for paint. Got a good start on blasting the intake "grille". Been dreading this piece but since it hasn't been painted 10 times the paint on the louvers is coming right off with the blaster.

Working on trying to finish the control panel design now so I can get it ordered. Then I will get to spend hours and hours re-wiring the control box. May try to do some more blasting today.

Progress: Got the "body work" done on those panels and painted one coat of color on them before I got so pissed off at my paint gun that I threw it across the yard. Ordered a Devilbliss gun / kit. Should be here Monday or so. Cleaned paint form a couple more panels. Some are ready for...

They work pretty darn well. I'm sold on 'em.

Did a little bit of "body work" on the panels. Spot putty and sandable primer in rust pits and such,

Got some more done today. First, found a product / tool that really does well stripping paint. They came in today and I just had to try them out. Work pretty damn good. Best thing I've tried so far. Used them on the side grinder rather than the 36 grit discs. Much better! At ~$5 each, it's...

How many colors and layers can you see? Ready for blasting. Rust!!!! Lots of rust.

I was thinking about a racing stripe.

Well, It's pretty much ready to drop the motor / main alternator back on the skid assembly. Will probably do that Sunday. Guess I better finish my control panel design and get that ordered. Still got a lot of old paint to get off and a lot of new paint to put on but it's getting there...

A lot is correct LOL. BUT.... I am almost ready to actually start assembly. Frankly, I'm tired of disassembly right now! :)

Second verse, same as the first.

Finally! Visible progress!!! First coat of POR15.

:LOL:

Been wearing a full respirator. And yes, LOTS of dust! Wit the sanders been using an N95 mask but with grinder and blaster using my painting respirator.

In addition to sand I tried coal slag which is also pretty sharp. This paint is kind of like rubber when it comes to blasting. It's soft enough that the media kind of bounces off of it. And like rubber, if you stay on it long enough, it will eventually eat thru it. There's just so much paint and...