It isn't the paint I would worry about. There are unprotected areas of iron that will not do well with extended exposure to water.Originally Posted by Matthew N. Masail
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It isn't the paint I would worry about. There are unprotected areas of iron that will not do well with extended exposure to water.
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Ok I get that, I actually never wipe the paint on my planes down, don't need to, maybe once is a blue moon (ahohoooooo) But I'm just talking about paint getting dirty or not, if it's good stuff it shouldn't really collect dirt, right?
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It won't 'collect dirt' but like so many things in life, dirt happens.
Sometimes my planes are used outside. If it is hot my perspiration may end up on the plane. Then if there is any free floating dust it may end up attaching itself.
A wipe in time can save nine...
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Matthew, like Jim K, I dust off the plane with an old paintbrush, then wipe down the entire plane with a slightly oily rag. That takes care of fingerprints, perspiration and dirt, and as Jim said, dirt happens.
So Ivory might not be the best idea bottom line
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I'd just think that a whiteish plane would look dirtier that a dark color or gray.
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I can get dark satin gray... was my first thought before this thread
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Given the options you have laid out, I would like to see you paint it Ivory.
ed: Now that I have seen all the responses and most importantly your own leaning toward Ivory I feel that is what you must do.
Last edited by Pat Barry; 06-30-2014 at 12:44 PM.
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That be alright. Kind of a battleship look?
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lol you guys are killing me, but I think I must do Ivory, it's not like it's the only plane body in the world
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Ivory should be fine. It may show dirt more than other colors but that just shows that it is loved and used.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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You could paint every plane in your arsenal a different color, that be cool!
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too bad I don't like metal planes larger than a No. 5, and I only have 4's and don't plan on buying more, for now. I do plane on making many more though. I don't like having much more than I use, I prefer to have few tools that I know well.
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I like having a few of the same size set up for different tasks.I don't like having much more than I use, I prefer to have few tools that I know well.
One of my #3 sized planes is used for rough work, sometimes like a scrub plane. The other one is set up for thin cuts used in final smoothing.
My #4s are pretty near all the same. That way there is no need to stop work just because the blade is getting dull, just change planes.
My #5s are all over the place, some for jointing some for smoothing.
One of my #5-1/4s (set up as a dedicated scrub plane) looks like it was on the losing end of catastrophe. The other one is a fine user when a junior jack fits the bill.
Surely the minimalist approach is a valid choice. Though one thing is certain, I know each one of my tools fairly well.
I even remember most of their names.
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Flames-ya gotta have flames if you're going custom paint job. Think how fast it'll look like its going.
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