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Author Topic: Projector rebuild- Paint options Kyle Butler Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Belton, TX Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-14-2011 02:35 AM                     I pulled apart a spare Simplex Millennium and replaced all the major parts. I was going to just throw it back together as is, but i figure it wouldn't hurt to give it a nice paint job. I don't even know where to start. What should i sand it with, and how should i sand it? What type of paint should i use? I'm on a very very tight budget here, so powder coating is out of the question. Any and all help is greatly appreciated Cheers  |  IP: Logged Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 04-14-2011 03:00 AM                     I don't think it will be easy to repaint it. It would be difficult sanding that textured metal, unless you had a sand blaster.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-14-2011 03:07 AM                     Castings are done with a baked powder coating - You've seen custom car motor builds with glossy rocker covers and such - all baked powder coat paint jobs.  |  IP: Logged Kyle Butler Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Belton, TX Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-14-2011 05:05 AM                     I figured as such, i just know the boss will say no. DIY or nothing. haha  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-14-2011 06:09 AM                        We actually still do quite a trade with 35mm equipment. Steps: 1, dissassemble 2. strip using plastic beads/compressed air 3. clean in ultrasonic tank. 4. bake in oven at 450 degrees over and over until oil is gone from castings. 5. tape off machined surfaces with Kapton tape. 6. Powder coat using plastic coat in desired color. PREP IS EVERYTHING Louis  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-16-2011 02:58 PM                     I'm with Louis on this one! Powder coat is the best route for any poil bath projector. Fact is that since you have a Millennium the main casting may already be powder coated. If it is the paint is NOT gonig to come off. If it's enamled follow what Louis says. Also, call Strong and they will tell you the color number of the Hammertone paint they use so you can get the exact same color if you wish.  |  IP: Logged Kyle Butler Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Belton, TX Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-17-2011 11:17 PM                     Excellent news. I gave the casing a bath in a mixture of boiling hot water, and paint thinner, took it out, and sanded it all down with one of those "sponge" sanding blocks. All of the paint literally just fell off. The whole process took no more than an hour. I'm extremely happy with the result. On to paint colors. I did call our parts manager Sean, from Strong, and he gave me the Hammerite part number for the OEM color, but I'm not sure if i want to use it or not. Part of me wants to change it up, and make the difference completely noticeable, and the other part of me is worried that a lot of colors will look tacky and DIY. Any suggestions on colors? If anybody has any pictures of rebuilt heads, that would be incredible. Thank you all for the help so far  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-18-2011 07:22 AM                     pick a color I used this on alot of my jeep parts when i was "pimpin my ride". I bought it at the auto parts store. You just need to be sure and use their primer if you do it. I've done a few rebuilds on XLs, I've used tape to cover the machined parts on some and on others a very light coat of lubriplate, and just wiped it off after the paint dried. Rick  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-18-2011 01:49 PM                     I never thought of pimp'n out a projector... I shoulda done that with a DP-70... lots of acerage to pimp out on those, probably coulda done a chrome hubcap thing on the reel covers... ya know... those wheels that keep on spinning after everything else stops. Oh well, too late now!  |  IP: Logged Todd Cornwall Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Madison, WI Registered: Feb 2004 posted 04-30-2011 08:34 PM                     Make sure to add Spinners and plenty of chrome. If you're going to pimp it, pimp it right!  |  IP: Logged Ed Alvarado Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Fort Worth, TX,usa Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-30-2011 10:50 PM                        well you can strip down the whole projector and take it to a professional have spend some cash on making it a nice custom projector but its gonna cost you a couple hundred bones to do it. but if you do PLEEEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR CUSTOM PROJECTOR!!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-01-2011 07:47 AM                        Don't forget the lavender pin-stripes!! Louis  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-02-2011 02:21 PM                     And orange flames!  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 05-02-2011 03:11 PM                     ... on the lamphouse bracket.  |  IP: Logged

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