Paint Opinions Wanted

Royal Blue

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

Black

-- Jim Maher, Illinois

Why not Ridgid Orange? At least for the main body. For the legs, something lighter to contrast? I know it’s not very original, but if you were to sell the tool in the future, the color (plus the logos) would reassure the buyer of the brand

Like this

-- Steve, Michigan - "Every piece of work is a self portrait of the person who accomplished it - autograph your work with excellence!" - Author unknown

If it was mine I’d go dark green. But I guess you will probably get a dozen or more different suggestions.

-- Bill--Genuine, verified, certified, card carrying amateur at just about everything.

Ridgid Orange!!! #*#*$$##@!!!!!!!

-- "Of all the things I have lost in life, I miss my mind the most."

I’m resto-modding an OLD DeWalt GA radial arm saw … went to the Local Sherwyn-Williams Store and found a line of Marine-Industrial Coatings they sell. It’s a 2-part epoxy type urethane … they call it “The 4000 Series”. Anyway, I settled on a color they call “Graphite” ... it’s kind of like a metallic black. All of the knobs/levers/handles I did in a nearly black gun blue solution … should look nice when finished. Anyway, the S-W rep. says this stuff is at least as durable as powder coating, and is even better on items left out in the weather, since it is a Marine Coating. We’ll see.

-- - dabbling in sarcasm is foolish … if you’re not proficient at it, you end up looking stupid … ... ...

I’d do it in JET BLACK with a BIG #3 on the side! Call the saw “The Intimidator”! LOL!

-- OK, who's the wise guy that shrunk the plywood?

Midnite blue. :D

-- He who dies with the most tools... dies with the emptiest wallet.

For my two pennies – I would stick with Ridgid Orange.

-- "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

I like the Ridgid orange color on my bandsaw. It’s a nice contrast to the rest of my tools.

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Ok. I delivered the cabinet to the powder coating place this morning. Man, you can get any color under the sun. I went with a color they called “black green”. Hard to explain what it looks like. Will post photos when I get it back this Friday. Can’t wait.

Off topic. I have most of the remainder of the saw apart. I have not totally disassembled the trunion all the way down. How far should I go with the disassembly in order to repaint the trunion flat black with Krylon?? I am not going to disassemble anything with a bearing unless absolutely necessary. The arbor bearing appears to be in good condition. No slop or movement in arbor shaft.

-- "Of all the things I have lost in life, I miss my mind the most."