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[Matejka]

Dare I ask are you doing it with brush or roller?

Or….. via Wagner power painter?

I will say, hands down it was a game changer for me. Clean up has been *almost* a snap.

Yes, I also have been VERY Alert to wind speed and direction for “overspray droplets.”
Butidigress…

From open garage door this time around to putting up the cleaned tools was just under 2 hours a little over a week ago, on one evening - right before sunset.

Open garage
Shake up cans
Get tools out and extension cord ready
Test sprayer
Fill up with primer
Spray disk and blades 1st (to dry quicker I added a wee bit of acetone in the sprayer, far from exacting measurements)
Refilled and primered the underside of the shredders deck.
At this point it had been about 45 minutes.
Cleaned and prepared for the white paint.

Paint disk and blades took about 10-15 minutes (this also got a wee bit of acetone in the paint sprayer jug to quicken the drying time)
Spray, spray & spray a little more; once tacky dry I moved or rotated to finish that 1st coat.

Get a little creative on how to support the blades and disk for the final layer of paint…

Paint them and then clean up everything…

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Now is this perfect work? Nope. Is it solid coverage for stopping rust and maintaining longevity? Sure! You see I started this like all other projects. Prepare the space to work.
Then disassemble and pressure wash the bejebuss outta it. Get it as clean as possible.
Then, I broke out the grinder wheel with wire brush to quickly knock off the rust flakes and crude stuck in lumps. Then I used this amazing green water based metal conditioner (it’s a phosphoric ingredient) that’s biodegradable. Spray it on & let dry over night. Then it’s ready for primer and paint.
It sat for a couple days before I was able to paint it.

This Wagner unit is what we used to paint and white-wash the coop and run (with the lime mix) the last few times as well! Such a wonderful tool. The current models are retrial about $200 for the kit. On sale maybe you can find one for $140-165????

I can say there are pix of Kiddo & I white-washing the coop a year or two ago in the coop thread. At least I think I put them in that thread?

It’s a very forgiving tool. Especially with water based paints and stains!

My first test run with it was with a can of just water on a sheet of plywood leaned up against the flatbed trailer. I wanted to see how it felt and to also see how much of a tilt I was able to put it in to still “paint” a surface.

It was very, very forgiving.

Brush. I'm dangerous with paint. More on me and surrounding area, than on item I'm painting. If I used a sprayer-and you saw a pink/red/blue green or whatever color cloud -you would know, yep she's painting again.
I'm 10000% safer with a brush-and still dangerous

 

[Matejka]

Dare I ask are you doing it with brush or roller?

Or….. via Wagner power painter?

I will say, hands down it was a game changer for me. Clean up has been *almost* a snap.

Yes, I also have been VERY Alert to wind speed and direction for “overspray droplets.”
Butidigress…

From open garage door this time around to putting up the cleaned tools was just under 2 hours a little over a week ago, on one evening - right before sunset.

Open garage
Shake up cans
Get tools out and extension cord ready
Test sprayer
Fill up with primer
Spray disk and blades 1st (to dry quicker I added a wee bit of acetone in the sprayer, far from exacting measurements)
Refilled and primered the underside of the shredders deck.
At this point it had been about 45 minutes.
Cleaned and prepared for the white paint.

Paint disk and blades took about 10-15 minutes (this also got a wee bit of acetone in the paint sprayer jug to quicken the drying time)
Spray, spray & spray a little more; once tacky dry I moved or rotated to finish that 1st coat.

Get a little creative on how to support the blades and disk for the final layer of paint…

Paint them and then clean up everything…

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Now is this perfect work? Nope. Is it solid coverage for stopping rust and maintaining longevity? Sure! You see I started this like all other projects. Prepare the space to work.
Then disassemble and pressure wash the bejebuss outta it. Get it as clean as possible.
Then, I broke out the grinder wheel with wire brush to quickly knock off the rust flakes and crude stuck in lumps. Then I used this amazing green water based metal conditioner (it’s a phosphoric ingredient) that’s biodegradable. Spray it on & let dry over night. Then it’s ready for primer and paint.
It sat for a couple days before I was able to paint it.

This Wagner unit is what we used to paint and white-wash the coop and run (with the lime mix) the last few times as well! Such a wonderful tool. The current models are retrial about $200 for the kit. On sale maybe you can find one for $140-165????

I can say there are pix of Kiddo & I white-washing the coop a year or two ago in the coop thread. At least I think I put them in that thread?

It’s a very forgiving tool. Especially with water based paints and stains!

My first test run with it was with a can of just water on a sheet of plywood leaned up against the flatbed trailer. I wanted to see how it felt and to also see how much of a tilt I was able to put it in to still “paint” a surface.

It was very, very forgiving.

Nice! You did an awesome job.I'll look into one. Your very detailed. I like that. Thank you!

 

[Matejka]

Here is a little before & during from the deck I pressure washed last fall. It had gone a decade since it was built and this washing.

1st I had a few planks that definitely needed replacement. So I had some leftover lumber for this project that had been stacked on the side in great condition so I cut it for the pie slices in these couple pictures.View attachment 3443505

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Now for the pressure washer effect:

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Note the difference a single swipe did to the decade or moss/mold buildup?

Here is almost finished…

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Saved A LOT of physical effort on my back and rest of the body.

Psi washer spec’s? Plug in electric from Lowe’s. That green works model that does 1800PSI does VERY stout & I truthfully do not see the benefits of the 2300PSI for the price jump!

I did try out the 1300-1500psi setups. NOPE!
Waste of time & water!

Psi washer for the vehicles (especially during the winter when they spray that salt slurry on the freeways! Being originally from Michigan, I am painfully aware of living in the “rust belt.”

Routinely taking the family cars to the self serve car washes in the winter and spring to thoroughly get as much salt from Off the under carriage to slow the salt death of the vehicles…..

I've been thinking about a pressure washer. Need to clean the spiderweb from eaves etc..

 

[electrycmonk]

Brush. I'm dangerous with paint. More on me and surrounding area, than on item I'm painting. If I used a sprayer-and you saw a pink/red/blue green or whatever color cloud -you would know, yep she's painting again.
I'm 10000% safer with a brush-and still dangerous

I have faith in folks with as much brains as You exhibit here that a Wagner is an easily learn-able and very controllable tool in *Your hands*.

Here’s what the oil based paint over spray looks like from todays orange painting… no filters & no tweaking of pictures either. You can see what I covered and what I didn’t in these pictures.



I taped and covered the bare essentials as the parts that are already painted black will be disassembled from the deck and layed on the trailer for black “touch up” and clean up painting either later this week or next week.


Take note of the spray on the hook and part of the strap but, nearly Zero on the rear wheel. It’s just an inch or so distance apart…. This. This is why I believe it’s something as gratifying and straight forward to become very comfortable with by the likes of You.









This last pic is of the trailer deck. See multiple color patterns from multiple painting projects over the last 4 years.

 

[electrycmonk]

I've been thinking about a pressure washer. Need to clean the spiderweb from eaves etc..

Old faded one still works. The PVC is my added storage rack for the wand extensions that are currently in the garage. The reset-able breaker in the plug died about 5-6 months back & I found this slightly newer sibling on the marketplace for a whopping $40 because it didn’t come with the wand and hose.(yeah it’s also missing the soap bin at the bottom but, I don’t use it anyways.

I’ll likely snip the big plug off the cord and put a simple yet, correctly sized plug in its place and have dualing PSI washers. I have an extra hose and wand…. (Okay 2 hoses)…..

 

[janiedoe]

I have faith in folks with as much brains as You exhibit here that a Wagner is an easily learn-able and very controllable tool in *Your hands*.

Here’s what the oil based paint over spray looks like from todays orange painting… no filters & no tweaking of pictures either. You can see what I covered and what I didn’t in these pictures.

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I taped and covered the bare essentials as the parts that are already painted black will be disassembled from the deck and layed on the trailer for black “touch up” and clean up painting either later this week or next week.


Take note of the spray on the hook and part of the strap but, nearly Zero on the rear wheel. It’s just an inch or so distance apart…. This. This is why I believe it’s something as gratifying and straight forward to become very comfortable with by the likes of You.

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This last pic is of the trailer deck. See multiple color patterns from multiple painting projects over the last 4 years.

Looks great and very professional

 

[Matejka]

I have faith in folks with as much brains as You exhibit here that a Wagner is an easily learn-able and very controllable tool in *Your hands*.

Here’s what the oil based paint over spray looks like from todays orange painting… no filters & no tweaking of pictures either. You can see what I covered and what I didn’t in these pictures.

View attachment 3445327

I taped and covered the bare essentials as the parts that are already painted black will be disassembled from the deck and layed on the trailer for black “touch up” and clean up painting either later this week or next week.


Take note of the spray on the hook and part of the strap but, nearly Zero on the rear wheel. It’s just an inch or so distance apart…. This. This is why I believe it’s something as gratifying and straight forward to become very comfortable with by the likes of You.

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This last pic is of the trailer deck. See multiple color patterns from multiple painting projects over the last 4 years.

You got me thinking "maybe"

 

[Matejka]

I need advice.
I have 14 hens and 1 rooster. Enclosed coop and run, nothing gets in,
I have 2 broody hens.
That leaves 12 laying. Yesterday I gathered 14 eggs. Ok, I missed a couple from day before. I searched all 4 nests thoroughly, checked under broody's 8 and 3. So no broody eggs were gathered yesterday by mistake.
Here is where I need advice.
Today, I gathered 17 eggs . Broody's still have their 8 & 3. Where are these extra eggs coming from?
1 rir
6 blue andalusian
3 blue Australorp
2 games
2 games-broody
1 rir rooster

 

[janiedoe]

I need advice.
I have 14 hens and 1 rooster. Enclosed coop and run, nothing gets in,
I have 2 broody hens.
That leaves 12 laying. Yesterday I gathered 14 eggs. Ok, I missed a couple from day before. I searched all 4 nests thoroughly, checked under broody's 8 and 3. So no broody eggs were gathered yesterday by mistake.
Here is where I need advice.
Today, I gathered 17 eggs . Broody's still have their 8 & 3. Where are these extra eggs coming from?
1 rir
6 blue andalusian
3 blue Australorp
2 games
2 games-broody
1 rir rooster

How deep is your nest filler? Is it possible that eggs have been hiding in the nesting material?
Do you use lights?
I can see one hen "glitching" but 5 extra eggs just seems like too many glitches for one hen, and more than one hen might be too big of a coincidence.

Another thought:
Do you have any pranksters in your home or nearby?

 

[Matejka]

How deep is your nest filler? Is it possible that eggs have been hiding in the nesting material?
Do you use lights?
I can see one hen "glitching" but 5 extra eggs just seems like too many glitches for one hen, and more than one hen might be too big of a coincidence.

Another thought:
Do you have any pranksters in your home or nearby?

How deep is your nest filler? Is it possible that eggs have been hiding in the nesting material?
Do you use lights?
I can see one hen "glitching" but 5 extra eggs just seems like too many glitches for one hen, and more than one hen might be too big of a coincidence.

Another thought:
Do you have any pranksters in your home or nearby?

I basicly cleaned nests yesterday. Nest material not deep. No lights, nobody lives with me, so no pranksters. Neighbors know I don't play with prowler (I'll shoot), so it wasn't them.I'm lost on this.