Sunday, August 2, 2009

Spray painting works

WARNING: I dont take any responsiblity of any accident to any of you who want to do this work using below instruction.

So here I am, thinking about to change the look of my bow. After breakfast I straight away heading to paint shop to buy some spray paint (flat black), also paint removal and sand paper (#1000 and #1500). It cost me roughly around rm20.

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12.24: The first thing I did is removing all accessories from the bow, it’s done in just few minutes.

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12.32: Removing string and cables

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12.42: Removing limbs

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12:52: Start my work on removing the old finishing on the riser. As there are no warning on the can, at first I thought this is normal type of thinner, but I was wrong. It’s highly acidic! I opened the cap, it’s popping out due to the pressure from the inside and splashed few drop on my back and I can feel it burning my skin straight away (and I also looking for water straight away. LOL!). Just take a look at the picture below. As it’s explain better.

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The best way to apply it on the riser are using paint brush. Don’t forget to wear safety goggle during this process, I did as I don’t want to take any risk after got the lesson. Here’s the affect after few minutes.

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I Try to remove it until you get 100% clean but there are few spots which very difficult to remove. The solution, using sand paper (#1000). I sanded it down until I satisfied with the result. Done my paint removing work around 14.55 and after that I clean it with liquid soap, wipe it using tissue paper and left it dry under the sun for sometimes.

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Get ready for painting work at 15.16.

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What I did is follow the instruction on the spray can, apply thin layer on the surface and left it for about 10 minutes before spray another layer. But I did only 2 layers, the first thin layer and second the finishing layer as I only bought 1 can of spray. It should be better if I apply 3 layers at least and I should buy 2 cans of spray instead of one.

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Done my painting work around 15.35, and the rest is left dry. I move it inside the house as I want to left it overnight to make sure the paint are fully dry. Assemble everything the next day.