Creating "aged" paint
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
Me too and I did a roisserie job myself last spring. It was a pig roaster. The client I built it for didn't want me to paint it, they liked the original paint after I burned the diesel fuel out of the tank. Four pigs have been roasted in it since then and in the first shot I hadn't set up the rotisserie yet, but in the second you can see it. I like to use an octagonal digging bar or drill steel for the spit as the set screw on the meat forks have a flat spot to set into. As for trucks, I fix what needs fixing, paint where I feel it's needed and drive them. Like I said, there are many, many ways to 'do' old vehicles, and I'm just glad I can share a bit of what I've learned with someone seeking some specialized info to complete their project....
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From: Echuca VIC Australia
And it's certainly appreciated mate! Love the pig roaster by the way, those forge blowers are worth a fortune over here.
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We always cooked ours real slowly at about 225 degrees, but these folks wanted to get theirs over 400 for the last hour to crisp the skin. I had to warn them that if they cranked too much on the blower, they'd be in danger of a Chernoble style meltdown. Now I'm off topic again.........I think we've covered the aged paint thing pretty well. Now can we all just get along?
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OK, just had to finish up with this, since I was talking about the chicken house AND creating aged paint, Then someone comes up with being in the doghouse and it looks just like what I built for my wife's chickens. Any freshly cut edges on the old wood got or is getting my red primer treatment. I just couldn't put a henhouse on my place that looked new. Aged paint isn't just for trucks....
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