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Thread: Pulleys... Paint or no paint?
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3rd Apr 2011, 03:58 PM #1
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Pulleys... Paint or no paint?
Hi all,
I am currently doing a restoration of my sheraton 9" lathe and am just wondering what to do with the pulleys, I have used rust converter on them and have got them back to clean steel.
If I leave them as is they will probably end up rusting again over time. I was thinking of giving them a few light coats of black.
Thoughts?
Thanks
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3rd Apr 2011, 04:11 PM #2
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You should paint them, first with undercoat, then top coat. Do not paint the pulley grooves, the OD, or the bore. Just mask these off.
Ken
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3rd Apr 2011, 05:07 PM #3
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If you wanted get your old B belt,see where it sits and paint everywhere on the OD except where the belt touches.
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3rd Apr 2011, 07:41 PM #4
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cheers for that, were they originally painted?
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3rd Apr 2011, 08:19 PM #5
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I cant comment on Sheraton but almost all of the Hercus pulleys that I have seen were painted.
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3rd Apr 2011, 08:42 PM #6
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black?
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