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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:13 pm
by Brad1380
Mal wrote: and what's up the ladder :?:
:mrgreen:
Thats fold away stairs, so they would lead to upstairs then :wink:

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:14 pm
by Brad1380
V8 burble wrote: Also, in the same photo, what wine recommendations do you have?
They are all good French wines, so the best one would be the one which has been opened :D

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:29 pm
by Brad1380
alpine5gt wrote: I also recommend running your battery charger via a battery. The resultant charge into the drum can be regulated.
Not sure what you mean here, the charger would just keep the battery topped up. However by connecting the battery direct you are basically looking at the cranking amps of the battery being in circuit, i don't think that would be too clever & i wouldn't like to do it, make a good photo though.

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:20 am
by Mal
Brad, is this to remove paint only, or does it remove light rust as well.

Cheers

ps How quickly does it work at 240 volts :mrgreen:

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:59 am
by Brad1380
Paint, crud, & all rust.
It has to be DC so wiring it up to the mains won't work.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:45 am
by Mal
Brad

I had never heard of this technique for rust removel before. I have been doing a bit of reserch on it and everyone else uses a steel anode and you are using lead. Is there an advantage to this as lead is far more expensive.

Cheers

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:38 am
by alpine5gt
I agree the web sites I have checked all mention using steel or iron. One chap was using stainless untill a chemical engineer pointed out the caustic fluid with the stainless and electricity would generate toxins. Wonder about the lead myself. The rig I am building will stick with the building reinforcing steel rods placed around the outer of the drum and connected electricly. They also mention using washing soda as the medium, it would not have all the extra chemicals you find in detergent.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:28 am
by Brad1380
The lead was left over from building so free anyway & that was the method passed down to me from an old mechanic, it works so i'll keep it that way.
Also the the washing powder doesn't really matter that much, it gets cleaned off afterwards & i'm not doing any coloured cottons washes.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:31 am
by B9471845
Thinking back to some pictures of Tony T's, washing Sunbeam Tigers and cotton garments at the same time can sometimes produce pleasing results.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:58 pm
by Brad1380
B9471845 wrote:Thinking back to some pictures of Tony T's, washing Sunbeam Tigers and cotton garments at the same time can sometimes produce pleasing results.
More like lycra than cotton i think.

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:04 pm
by martin172
The swimsuit carwash happens at the National every year.
Although Gary in a bikini is something you only want to see once. :shock:

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:38 pm
by garyv8tiger
but gary does go to the national in a tiger not a polo :mrgreen:

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:21 pm
by Tomaselli
Eh! - that pic is copyrighted.... :mrgreen:

....I do wish I was there when those pics had been taken :lol:

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:02 am
by gtsmrt
One day it will be like the pink playboy pictures... :lol:

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:22 pm
by Tomaselli
Tomaselli wrote:....I do wish I was there when those pics had been taken :lol:
Found another one of them' aweful sexist pics......

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