Lesley Alexander on thu 4 may 00
Who can offer an opinion on this one. A friend has a small
non-deairing Bluebird pugmill for sale, over a decade old. She left clay
in it dried up for years, and the inside is pitted. So, they had it
sandblasted and painted, both the casing and the rotor. Any ideas as to
whether that paint will just end up in the clay? It's a good price and
I'll probably buy it, but should I remove the paint and leave the pitted
surface? (the paint is not too smooth itself). Many thanks to anyone
who has a reaction to this..... Bluebird, by the way, says porcelain
can pit their aluminum but other clays seem to be ok. Lesley Alexander
vince pitelka on fri 5 may 00
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Who can offer an opinion on this one. A friend has a small
> non-deairing Bluebird pugmill for sale, over a decade old. She left clay
> in it dried up for years, and the inside is pitted. So, they had it
> sandblasted and painted, both the casing and the rotor. Any ideas as to
> whether that paint will just end up in the clay? It's a good price and
> I'll probably buy it, but should I remove the paint and leave the pitted
> surface? (the paint is not too smooth itself). Many thanks to anyone
> who has a reaction to this..... Bluebird, by the way, says porcelain
> can pit their aluminum but other clays seem to be ok. Lesley Alexander
Leslie -
Painting the inside of a pugmill does not work well in my experience. The
paint will inevitably flake off, and end up in your clay. Many years ago I
built a pugmill following the Harry Davis plans, and he recommended painting
the inside. I did so, and almost immediately the paint started flaking off
into my clay. I had to take the whole thing apart and have the inside
sandblasted.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Home - vpitelka@dekalb.net
615/597-5376
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David Hendley on sat 6 may 00
I've used 2 homemade painted-inside-pugmills.
One, that I used for years, worked fine. Over the
years, the paint was gradually worn away, but it
never caused any problems and was probably a
benefit for slowing down any rusting.
On my new one, I painted the body gray and the
auger silver-aluminum-metallic. The gray paint is
coming off with the first few uses. That was a mistake
to paint it. The silver paint is not coming off.
It's not really a problem; I'm finding some little
pieces of paint in the clay, but it's insignificant.
I wouldn't go to the trouble of taking the machine
apart and sandblasting; the paint will just gradually
be worn away.
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Lesley Alexander
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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 1:10 PM
Subject: Pugmill painted inside
| ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
| Who can offer an opinion on this one. A friend has a small
| non-deairing Bluebird pugmill for sale, over a decade old. She left clay
| in it dried up for years, and the inside is pitted. So, they had it
| sandblasted and painted, both the casing and the rotor. Any ideas as to
| whether that paint will just end up in the clay? It's a good price and
| I'll probably buy it, but should I remove the paint and leave the pitted
| surface? (the paint is not too smooth itself). Many thanks to anyone
| who has a reaction to this..... Bluebird, by the way, says porcelain
| can pit their aluminum but other clays seem to be ok. Lesley Alexander
|
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