Apollo_Auto
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Hi everybuddy! Flexcalibur and I have definitely been through a lot of paint together and the carbon brushes were getting a bit worn so I fingered instead of just doing a brush change, I'd give him the full treatment. I always thought the Makita paint scheme was a little boring anyway and after being dropped, scraped, scuffed, slid, etc. it was looking pretty shabby anyway. So, here's what I did:
Full of polishing dust...
Paint starting to flake...
Dust bunnies galore!
Carbon brushes have one foot in the grave so they were replaced with the set that came with it.
Dismantling...
The handles were pre-dusted and then left to soak in a mix of APC in a salad bowl that one of my wife's friend's left here about a year ago
.
All of the sensitive parts taped off and trimmed with some trusty duct tape
After wet-sanding I cleaned everything with Prep-Sol
A coat of primer
The body was also cleaned with Prep-Sol and sprayed matt-black... me likey black.
The copper contacts were all cleaned with a pencil eraser
The carbon brush contacts were also cleaned with an eraser. An eraser cleans the residue off of electronics without scratching it and compromising the contact area.
The guts all cleaned out
I thought the head of the Makita was a bit lame also, so I pimped it out with some chrome spray paint. OK it's not the best paint job in the world, but... limited time, I have to use this on Monday.
Handles also cleaned and repainted
The head baking a bit at 250 Celsius... I can do this now because the wife's outta town
!
Left alone for the paint to cure while I head out to the lake for some R&R!
The finished product. I taped the handles up with tennis racket tape, because they provide a better grip and they're more sweat-proof!
Full of polishing dust...
Paint starting to flake...
Dust bunnies galore!
Carbon brushes have one foot in the grave so they were replaced with the set that came with it.
Dismantling...
The handles were pre-dusted and then left to soak in a mix of APC in a salad bowl that one of my wife's friend's left here about a year ago
.
All of the sensitive parts taped off and trimmed with some trusty duct tape
After wet-sanding I cleaned everything with Prep-Sol
A coat of primer
The body was also cleaned with Prep-Sol and sprayed matt-black... me likey black
.
The copper contacts were all cleaned with a pencil eraser
The carbon brush contacts were also cleaned with an eraser. An eraser cleans the residue off of electronics without scratching it and compromising the contact area.
The guts all cleaned out
I thought the head of the Makita was a bit lame also, so I pimped it out with some chrome spray paint. OK it's not the best paint job in the world, but... limited time, I have to use this on Monday
.
Handles also cleaned and repainted
The head baking a bit at 250 Celsius... I can do this now because the wife's outta town
!
Left alone for the paint to cure while I head out to the lake for some R&R!
The finished product. I taped the handles up with tennis racket tape, because they provide a better grip and they're more sweat-proof!
! 