'LGT' Construction Diary - Page 105

thylantyr · 11th July 2007, 11:27 PM

I always liked the silver and black.

.. them are Oakland Raiders colors.

/evil laugh/

http://www.raiders.com/home/

MJL21193 · 11th July 2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN

I've also switched over to water based finishes and I have to say they have come along so much. Quite expensive at £63 for 1.5ltrs but it dries in minutes, seems tougher then celly finishes and the gloss is high.

Fast colour Ant! Very spiffy indeed.

Oouch! £63 for 1.5ltrs? That's robbery.

Results look good though. Do you think you'll be using that product from now on?

ShinOBIWAN · 12th July 2007, 01:03 AM

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Originally posted by MJL21193
Results look good though. Do you think you'll be using that product from now on?

I think so, the price is a bit daft but its given me the incentive to look at other brands of waterbased and hopefully find cheaper and similarly performing ones. What surprised me the most is how quickly it dries, I left it out baking in the sun with a mild breeze and came back 30 or so minutes later to see what what happening and I could easily handle it without wrecking anything. That's something that was impossible with 1k. Seems pretty tough too although I wouldn't like to test it.

The clearcoat is still 1k acrylic though. Only the basecoat is waterbased. In fact I don't believe you can get a waterbased clear, is that right? I did ask my supplier but he said 2k is the way to go and commented that waterbased isn't tough enough to withstand the crud that a car bodywork endures. Since a speaker is going to live a rather sheltered and cared for life maybe this isn't an issue?

MJL21193 · 12th July 2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN

In fact I don't believe you can get a waterbased clear, is that right? I did ask my supplier but he said 2k is the way to go and commented that waterbased isn't tough enough to withstand the crud that a car bodywork endures. Since a speaker is going to live a rather sheltered and cared for life maybe this isn't an issue?

Remember over in Sploo's thread I posted results of the clear waterbased urethane? That clear is very tough, tougher than the solvent based poly.
The final finish needs to withstand daily cleaning of slimey fingerprints from all of the awestruck fans, not so much road crud.

terry j · 12th July 2007, 03:29 AM

Shin

with this new paint do you still have to do the sand back and polish trick as in your 'famous' how-to?? or do you get the finish you want straight off the gun.

ShinOBIWAN · 13th July 2007, 01:14 AM

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Originally posted by terry j
Shin

with this new paint do you still have to do the sand back and polish trick as in your 'famous' how-to?? or do you get the finish you want straight off the gun.

Famous 'how-to'?!? I thought only my mother liked it

Depends on what your after really. For the best finish possible you'll always have to go over it with sanding and polishing but that isn't to say you have to do final finishing. And no, the new paint isn't any more or less needy of final finishing unfortunately.

ShinOBIWAN · 13th July 2007, 02:18 AM

Stripped back the silver on the last baffle in preparation for the red. Time consuming and fiddly, don't plan on doing that again any time soon.

And yet another completed cabinet section ready for primer. That makes 3 of those finished and one to go... thank god.

Fingers crossed for some decent weather tomorrow as I ain't at work so hopefully I can turn it into an all day priming session which should see the tweeter baffle, tweeter enclosure, 2 midbass baffles and a midbass enclosure all primed up ready for finishing coats.

jleaman · 13th July 2007, 02:22 AM

Are these things heavy ?

ShinOBIWAN · 13th July 2007, 02:25 AM

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Originally posted by jleaman
Are these things heavy ?

A few beers and the answers is no.

jleaman · 13th July 2007, 02:32 AM

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Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN

A few beers and the answers is no.

LOL, beer can solve every thing im finding

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11th July 2007, 11:27 PM	#1041
thylantyr diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mars	I always liked the silver and black. .. them are Oakland Raiders colors. /evil laugh/ http://www.raiders.com/home/

12th July 2007, 03:29 AM	#1045
terry j diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	Shin with this new paint do you still have to do the sand back and polish trick as in your 'famous' how-to?? or do you get the finish you want straight off the gun.

13th July 2007, 02:18 AM	#1047
ShinOBIWAN diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK	Stripped back the silver on the last baffle in preparation for the red. Time consuming and fiddly, don't plan on doing that again any time soon. And yet another completed cabinet section ready for primer. That makes 3 of those finished and one to go... thank god. Fingers crossed for some decent weather tomorrow as I ain't at work so hopefully I can turn it into an all day priming session which should see the tweeter baffle, tweeter enclosure, 2 midbass baffles and a midbass enclosure all primed up ready for finishing coats.

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