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Sometimes you need to improvise!!! Can't find everything at Home Depot! When you are working "in the field" strange situations seem to pop up. What do you have to share?
[ October 10, 2003, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Tony Vickio ]
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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That's so coool Tony, I see why the call you World Famous now. I've done a few improvises, one comes to mind when Richard Bustamante and myself had to letter a wall job, we had to climb up ladders to get to the top of the building find out the roof had a slant to it, we already brought the ladders up that we climbed up on, but I noticed some left over pieces of sort of rubber matting material stuck to the roof, so I ripped them up folded them for underneath the ladders, we had jacks and a plank. but it made it level, so we went up and knocked out the job.
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One of my employees went about 40 miles away to install a sign centered on a wall and found out he had forgotten his tape measure. He took the rope off the ladder, measured the fascia, folded the rope in half and marked the center. He did the same for the vertical center.
It sure beats the time another employee made a 50 mile round trip back to the shop because he forgot a Phillips screwdriver. I would have gladly reimbursed him the dollar it would have cost him to buy it at any nearby store.
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Tony, that's a riot! I still remember that "Coors can tower" you painted, which in itself probably required some tricks heretofore(sp?) unknown. The result looked great.
I've been reading alot of comments lately about icocyanides in paint killing people. So I decided that the breather I've been using for acrylic enamel wasn't sufficient for these newer type paints, even though it seemed to work fine. I guess the dual filter won't stop everything it needs to. A new sytem for forced air is about $1400 bucks, which I've not got laying around. So for about $100 I made one that works well. Roughly speaking, it uses air from the same compressor as the spray gun, but is filtered through the breather I allready had, which is quite capable of filtering any oil mist or whatever else might be in that air. And yes folks, the compressor IS outside, I'm not that thupid. More details for anyone interested.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Hi Miles, I do have some more things to tell about "improvising". I will post them in a while. Yes Kissymatina", I was hesitant about giving them up, but they kept after me!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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James, that is a big no-no. Regular compressors can atomize the oil and moisture contaminants to a very fine mist that even a regular moisture filter can not remove them. These compressors should not be used for breathing air. I'm glad you are concerned about the isocyanates, they are a nasty breed of chemical you should not mess with. Once you are sensitized to it you can't even get anywhere near the stuff without some sort of bad reaction. I bought an ambient air pump/line/mask combo for around $1400.00 Canadian. It's a few bucks, but what' your life/well being worth? Protect yourself or you may end up with a sudden career change. I've seen it happen and it's not pretty.
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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Peter, thanks for your concern, but I think I should offer a few more details:
The shop I'm using this breather in is 6000 sq ft, probably 40 ft tall, all meatal. The air pipes are 2" and go all the way to the top, across, then back down to the other side of the shop. This in itself removes alot of moisture and oil, then the air is put through a big moisture trap, then a hundred ft of hose, then through a Survivair brand paint filter mask. The mask has two stage filtering, first a white felt/mat type filter, then a charcoal canister.
It's the type of breather I've used for years for painting alkyd and acrylic enamels. It seems as though it ought to be capable of removing oil mist. Also, I've got what might be a better than average sense of smell, I don't notice any hint of oil. This contraption I made is based on two different designs, so the hoses going from my waist to the filter part are brand new large clear plastic. In the 15 or so hours I've used it, I havn't noticed any discoloration or haze deposited inside those pieces of hose.
The two drawbacks I have noticed are that this isn't a full hood device, so I'm still exposed (for now) on some facial skin, and since the air is "released" at a small regulator on my belt, it's colder, dryer air, I need to keep licking my teeth and gums to keep them moist.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Hi Tony and all on board I have a Few . One was I left the shop 20 miles to job Got to Job Put up patterns "THEN" NO POUNCE BAG S***. about 5minutes went by and the magic soung of the Roach Coach. went over and bought several Packs of SWISS Chocolate.What a Save. Can't make money if I had to return to shop. also one time I was up on a wall and needed a 12' circle, took yard stick taped charcoal sticks 6 of them to the yard stick stood sidways and proceeded to lock arm and rotate shoulder Drew Half them turned the other side and match it with in 1/4" not to bad Lookd GREAT. was not out of shape.
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