Pr3ssure Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 So I put a fresh coat of paint on my 161# Peter Wright. Should have got the picture from the other side since this is the side with the droop in the face. My girlfriend picked the color, I like it. I might re do it with some purple on it too at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Not bad, at least you didn't pick industrial gray or that pale blue color carefully formulated to drive normal folks psychotic. If anybody gives you grief, let me know so you and I can have a good laugh. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Yeah, I wanted something bright. Something not many would do, also if it ever gets stolen if there's any of the paint left it will be easy to identify, I painted the bottom and made sure to get some inside the holes it was held to forge with. If anyone laughs I'll just hand 'em the hammer and ask them to make me something instead of the other way around. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 An old acquaintance of mine started out painting his hand tools Pepto Bismal pink to keep them from growing legs. When I met him everything: dump truck, loader, dozer, road grader, shovel, rake, even his house was Pepto Bismal pink. What started out as a way to keep his tools turned into a good way to track employees and keep track of the jobs. The story behind the pink house is another story and a great example of one of the things that made Mike Mike. Oh okay a hint, something Mike was known for saying was, "I have plenty of nose." Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Umm looks like basket and Robbin mint with Chocolate chip ice cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 A guy I used to work for (two summers' sheep farming) once bought an early 19th century house in the middle of a picturesque Vermont village and painted it flat black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Funny how the neighborhood busybody tends to get that kind of reaction with their pronouncements. It's the essence of the story behind Mike's pink house and lack trees screening the view for his next door neighbor. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eventlessbox Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I happen to like that colour. It's the same colour I painted a large bench vise I had restored a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 I'm thinking about taking some of that blue tack stuff and where it says Peter wright and has the numbers filling it in and then painting around it so the numbers and stuff really pop. I don't know why I didn't think of that already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Just buy a fine detail brush and model paint in a color you like, it's a lot easier than masking punched characters with: tape, wax, putty, etc. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavpilot2k Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 That's perhaps the ugliest anvil I've ever seen! Congrats on your anti-theft device!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Greetings P3ressure, Pretty color however there are very few spots on my anvils that I don’t use to form metal . A nice new paint job wouldn’t last long and it would look like a spotted leopard. Pink highlights would be cool in the lettering and weights. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was thinking the grape purple that rust-oleum sells. Purple is my favorite color, like a royal deep purple. I think the brighter one would look better though since it's already bright with the blue. Also, I mainly did it for rust prevention since I've been leaving it outside. I didn't want to have to lather the entire anvil in oil every time I used it, now I can just oil the face and be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedar Crest Forge Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 "..for rust prevention since I've been leaving it outside" I had this problem with an outdoor anvil, an antique like yours. The pitting was bothersome, and oil only seemed to slow down the pitting process. I eventually just replaced it with a large train track anvil, and now I don't worry about what happens outside. The good anvils stay inside now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 One reason I want to start making my propane forge, I think I'd be aloud to use it in the garage, at least near the door. I've wanted to ask if I'd be able to make a chimney to run through the skylight or something. It's my neighbors garage so I don't want to get soot on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 As to the paint on the anvil: You forgot the pinstripes !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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