So so day in the shop

Wes · 2009-12-13T21:27:05+00:00

I thought today would be a good one. Drove to the big city to get an extensionhandle formy paint roller to make painting my ceiling eggshell white a bit easier.Got back home and started off by opening the box with a second 4' two tube lightfor theroom. No power cord or hanging chains. Okay fine. I'll steal a light from out in the garage. Grab one that isn'tplugged in.Can't remember why, thought it was because I was saving money on power.Somehow I loose the hanging chains taking it down. 5 minutes of looking findsthem.Anyway, I put in a couple of cup hooks. Don's little doodad would have beennice to have.I hang the light, plug it in and I hear noise, clicks, no light. Damn.Change out the T12 48" tubes, no change. Okay, I'll move the other light in the room so I can paint the ceiling easierwhere ithangs. It will still give me enough light to work.Now I open that can of eggshell white. Why is it turquoise?Someone must have decided not to buy some paint they had tinted and put it backon theshelf. I hope they have a month of bad luck.Don't have a receipt for the paint but I have a feeling Home Depot will doright. If notI'll buy a can and use that receipt the next day to return the turquoise.Wes

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Bruce L. Bergman 16 years ago

They did stop using Laminated Safety glass on car side and rear windows, they are all Tempered now. But car windshields are still Laminated Safety, because you want to stop the rock, not let the windshield crrumble and let it through.

And it's still readily available as flat plate glass for older trucks and buses, and the odd sizes on motorhomes.

They don't try to stock factory-cut glass for one-offs like a 1970 Flxible or a 1964 Crown Coach, your local glass company orders a full sheet of Laminated, makes a template, and cuts it out to order. Sand the edges, cut a new length of grommet, and stick it in the hole.

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Bruce L. Bergman 16 years ago

Read the label carefully before you go back and get shown up by a pimply teenager in the Paint Department - there's a new Feature on the market where they put the turquise tint in the paint on purpose, then it evaporates as the paint dries.

So you can see at a glance what has and hasn't been covered with that coat, and get it even - then the paint dries and the purple goes away and leaves you with White.

If you are covering another color or a brilliant white prime coat it makes it easier, and if you want to apply another coat that's when the tint would really make it easier by showing the missed spots.

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Mark Rand 16 years ago

It's possible that it'd be better to get a new one made up out of laminated glass rather then polycarbonate. Might last longer before getting scratched up.

I must admit that my bench grinder was made before people started getting grit in their eyes!! ;-)

Mark Rand RTFM

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Ignoramus12283 16 years ago

Maybe. The old was too foggy anyway, to be usable. 1/4 inch (6mm) polycarbonate should also serve me well.

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Wes 16 years ago

right. If not

The color on my stir stick never reverted to white nor did a bit that got on the can rim when I opened it.

That would be a neat feature but this wasn't the case.

After more than a bit of resistance they exchanged the paint for another can of the same labeled product. I had them open it in the store and it was bright white.

I got the feeling they thought I was trying to scam them.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

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Wes 16 years ago

Lasix cured that ;)

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

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Paul K. Dickman 16 years ago

1/4" laminated safety glass is probably in stock at any real glass shop. The building code around here lists it as one of the three acceptable types of safety glass for use in doors and windows within 24" of the ground. I put a sheet of it in my storefront door after drunk fell through the 1/4" plate glass that had survived the last 50 years.

But for a grinder shield, I think I would just use the lexan.

Paul K. Dickman

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William Wixon 16 years ago

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i was just out in the shop, futzing around, little things going wrong, stuff falling over while i was trying to fit it, etc. frustrating. made me think what a bad day at nasa must be. thought of this photo. gives you an appreciation of the coordinated efforts of thousands of people for a common objective (nasa in general, not this photo in particular). whew! how many

*little* things that could go wrong to make a REALLY bad day there.

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Ignoramus12283 16 years ago

Lexan is not very expensive and is easy to cut. I can get a 24x24 sheet of Lexan for $30. After cutting out two 7x7 squares, I will still have 80% remaining for other future uses.

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cavelamb 16 years ago

It also scratches and crazes pretty easily...

For what it's worth.

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Ignoramus18922 16 years ago

For my hobby use, it will probably last for a while.

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