Sunday, November 22, 2015
Cab is Painted
Jeff the painter had a bad day on Thursday. First the motor on the fan that evacuates the fumes and overspray burnt up. Luckily he had a spare motor and changed that out. Then in the late afternoon, the motor on the compressor burnt up. He called me and said he was going to try to get one first thing Friday morning. If so, he would call me to come on down for paint. He called me at 8:30 AM and had a new motor and was on the way home. By the time I got there he had just finished hooking it up and was testing it. He said this was a bad thing and a good thing. Bad that it burnt up and had to buy a new one, but a good thing that it didn't happen in the middle of painting the cab. Anyway, it was a long day, with a coat of sealer and then 4 coats of blue and 4 coats of silver. After that it was three coats of clear. Didn't get finished until 6 PM with no lunch break. Never sat down in that 8 hours either. I was very happy with the results and went home a tired puppy.(Old Puppy) Jeff let it set yesterday and went at the final sanding and buffing today. He will finish that up tomorrow if all goes well. I will gather the usual suspects together Tuesday and we will put the cab back on the chassis and load it back on the trailer and bring it back home. Jeff will work on the other parts as winter progresses. I will start on the wiring. WHEW!
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