Member postings for stan pearson 1

Hi Maurice

I don't know where you got the info about GLR Metals being defunct but I have just been in contact with Richard at GLR and they have never stopped trading.

Regards

Stan

Hi Nick

Industrial super glue is what I always use or soft solder paint, Loctite does not work as said on flat surfaces

Stan

Hi Richard

I have built and still have a 31/2" Doris, I don't remember any real issues with the drawings but I have always used drawings as a guide only and check things before I cut. I don't remember problems with the regulator but it was a long while ago when I made it.

Stan

Simon

Forget the enamel paints none of these can be wet and dried as the paint hardens from the outside and the inside remains soft for a long while, nitro cellulose dries through and can be wet flatted and re polished with compound or even metal polish, so if you are unlucky and get a run it can be rubbed out as for lacquer you can buy cellulose lacquer or blending clear.

Stan

Simon

Take Pauls advice don't go down the Two-Pack road, you need air fed mask and full protective clothing to spray it, the hardener is Isocyanide the stuff that killed all those Indians when the Union Carbide plant exploded. Even with all the proper PPE we had to have hospital checks every 12months Cellulose used with paper mask is far safer and can still be bought in solid colours.

Stan

Hi Simon

Another thing you have to think about is what paint you are going to use, the viscosity is very important I did paint spraying for 6yrs at a Ford main agents and used a suction DeVelbiss also high end, but I use a standard 1ltr gravity fed Draper and achieve good results. Very good advice by Al Learn how to clean it a lot of jobs can be spoilt by a part blockage or hard bit of paint being sprayed out.

Stan

Hi John

Contact Auto Paints (St Helens) they do 400ml aerosol any colour about £7 i buy all my paint from them but i have a small spray gun.

Stan

Hi John

All my locos are painted in cellulose which you can still buy in solid colours from any car paint suppliers, I always put a thin coat of etching primer on leave for 24 hours and paint no problems with heat and dries fast

Stan

Hi Richard

I built a LBSC Doris and still have it, it is not easy but you should not be afraid to make it, most parts are the same as any other loco so it wont matter which you pick. I have still got all the drawings and copies from ME on how to build it.

Stan

Hi Neil

That's correct Trichloroethylene which when I worked on the old buses in the late sixties it was used in the old fire extinguishers under the name of pyrene, we pumped gallons of it into oil coated clutches. We also had a de-greasing tank with it in and when boiled it came up as a mist and then was condensed by cold water through copper pipes, it cleaned anything including our overhaul's.

Stan

Hi Neil

Go to your local car paint suppliers and buy celli gun wash about £5 for 5lts will clean any grease and dust and dry out.

Stan

Hi Frank

When I served my time some 50 odd years ago we didn't have Migs and Tigs but a welder showed me how to weld Ally, get a candle and light it smoke the Ally where you are welding put your flame on it and when it turns pale grey stick your rod in, have a go on a bit of scrap it works for me.

Good Look

Stan

Hi All

Thanks for that I find Zintec is better than brass it soft and silver solders and paint sticks to it, most suppliers only go down to .9 mm .

Stan

Can any body tell me where I can buy 24gauge Zintec sheet from.

Stan

I don't know what your boiler is made of but Loctite told me you cant use stainless in copper because of the different rate of expansion.

Stan

When I worked for the local bus company in the late 50s and early 60s the Guy Arabs had 5LW Gardener engines and no gaskets were used the sump, timing cover and rear housing all sealed with wellseal in tubes.

Stan

Stag and Wellseal are two different products, Stag is red and messy and Wellseal is brown and cleaner to use, Hylomar is blue and was used by Rolls Royce and Gardener diesels on all there engines.

Stan

Hi Julian

Your right about silver solder wont make a good joint on cast iron but you can soft solder it, about soldering brass tender tanks I get mine from a local car radiator repairer he sells me strips of leaded a lot cheaper than B&Q

Stan

Mark

Unless you are very skilled with oxy acetylene and boiler making don't go down the new bush road, do as John said tap out and fit adapters to original size.

Stan

Sorry Eric

Just trying to catch you out ! .

Yes speed on wheel same or higher than machine.

Stan