More turquoise:
Liking it more as more bits are painted. I think its a keeper.
It has a little bit of a color shift look to it as the tone seems to change depending on the light direction. I especially like how the paint accentuates the curves and shapes of the castings. Makes the “style” of the lathe more evident, whereas I find the green/gray tends to hide it.
It also does nothing to cover the “battle scars”, in fact, I think it makes them more prominent. But that’s ok, it just shows that the lathe has “time in”.
I thought about giving it a skim of body filler to cover the rough casting look, but decided against it. I’m happy I didn’t as the rough casting almost gives the paint a “hammered” look.
Will take more effort to keep it clean, but thats only a little more effort over what I do now to keep it clean and free of chips and grease.
Brass name plates will look nice against the turquoise and the silver bits will also “kick it up a notch”.
I’m going for a bit of a functional art look.
I also think I got the last 3 cans in Canada. Looked online and every store that carries it has “0” stock.
Talked with the counter girl at HD when I picked up the 3 cans and she looked it up. Valid stock number, not discontinued. She said that the manufacturers are having a hard time filling stock orders for their ”regular” paints and all the “specialty” ones are waaay behind on order fulfillment. so while I’ve got plenty to finish my job, its anyones guess if there will be any more….
