MOVED: Parking blocks

First RandyV made a tool for painting the rounded ends of double stripes. Then JPanz improved on it, and has a video of his cool tool. Visit the Home Page of PLP and go to the Helpfull Hints section for that and other great ideas. Here's a link to the page: radius tools

WOW!!! most impressed Jimbo! Thats excellent. We have thousands of them hoops to do every year. Well done, I'm really really impressed with that gadget!

I agree! Great job Jpanz!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!

That is a great Gagget ... Nice job

Inspectors Widget and Gadget strike again....

Incidentally the same video is available for viewing in the new Coppermine photo gallery (see announcements for links) How cool...a photo gallery that does video too!

Jim, how many times has the guy running the gun end of the operation painted his shoes???

I was thinkin the same thing.. also how many times has he tracked right thru the paint

Thats me running the gun. We did 150 of these things and only hit my shoe once. It took me and a helper about 20 minutes to paint. JIm

That thing works great Jim, they look good and no more stenciling nightmare. Congrats!

Jim, Could you post close up pictures that show the details of how you put that together. I'm not sure, but it looks like you rigged up a cable from the trigger of one gun (top) to the other (bottom). That thing works great! I want one!

Thats all the pictures for now, until I decide what I am going to do. Jim

Do I sense a patent in the future? Don't blame you at all.

Someone made a post today about paint date codes. I used to be able to read the SW date code (may still be able to, just haven't tried lately) and I think it would be a good "Tip" if everyone would chime in with how to decipher the dates codes for the various manufacturers. Knowing how to read the code might save you from "showing up at a gunfight with a knife" if you can point out to your dealer he is selling you old crap. (always haggle) Here are some of the manufacturers it would be good to have codes for (chime in on any others) SW ICI/Aexcel Diamond Vogel Roadway/Coronado Ennis Franklin Porter Warren With everyone's permission, I will consolidate all the posts into one post for brevity in a week or two...

Sherwin Williams codes is pretty simple. The first three numbers are the number of days after January 1. The fourth and fifth number is the year. 01250 is January 12 of 2005. Jim

Actually, wouldn't that be Jan. 12, 1950 , LOL!

Jim's still working through the 26,000 gallons of "NOS*" paint he bought on eBay... * New Old Stock

Can you add Porter and Warren Paint to the list?

There is also Farwest paints here in the northwest. http://www.farwestpaint.com/storeinfo.htm