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I slight hijack if I may, I want to strip and paint my mill whilst I have some time off over January. The enamel I used on my lathe did not stand up at all to cutting fluids so I won't be using that again. Rustoleum has been recommended here but when I look at their website, there are a thousand different products under the brand name. Wondering what particular product I should be looking at? If I can get anything like as good a finish as John's mill I will be very happy, especially if it stays that way after exposure to coolants.
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
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Bridgeport Grey changed considerably over the years. When I repainted my 1969 machine I went to considerable trouble to get the correct colour, contacting Braithwaites here in the UK who are run by ex Bridgeport staff. They put me in touch with the people who supplied Bridgeport here in the UK who looked up the specs for that year and mixed it for me. What I ended up with, to my surprise, has a distinct purple hue, but comparing it to similar serial number machines in dealers over the years (this was 20 years ago!) it IS right.
Andrew Mawson, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Oct 2013.