{"id":1095,"date":"2017-12-02T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2017-12-02T18:23:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T08:23:07","slug":"preparation-of-area-for-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2017\/12\/02\/preparation-of-area-for-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation of area for painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Painting is to commence on the Sunday (3rd Dec 17), but decided to spend a few hours on the Saturday making sure everything was ready and I&#8217;m familiar with the operation of the tools.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Making sure the Compressor works satisfactorily<\/li>\n<li>Looking at the operation of the Spray Gun<\/li>\n<li>Making sure the rocket is level and at appropriate height<\/li>\n<li>That we will be able to paint the Nose Cone while the rocket remains hanging<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It was a good thing we checked because I noticed that:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rocket was not at the right level, it was too high and this would result in tired arm.<\/li>\n<li>The Nose Cone jig was right on top of the rocket, and this would mean I couldn&#8217;t hang it up and paint it at the same time. So I moved it to the right<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All these might seem like small points, but they all go to help make it a successful paint job.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more pictures of the area where I will be painting the rocket.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1099\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4099-e1512202446523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1099\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4099-e1512202446523-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tape on inside to reduce amount of paint getting on inside of air-frame.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4099-e1512202446523-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4099-e1512202446523-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tape on inside to reduce amount of paint getting on inside of air-frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4100-e1512202411537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4100-e1512202411537-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Backing masking tape so that paint doesn't go onto inside of air-frame.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4100-e1512202411537-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4100-e1512202411537-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backing masking tape so that paint doesn&#8217;t go onto inside of air-frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4101-e1512202300667.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1101\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4101-e1512202300667-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toothpick to reduce amount of paint going into threads.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4101-e1512202300667-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4101-e1512202300667-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toothpick to reduce amount of paint going into threads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4098-e1512202492245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1098\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4098-e1512202492245-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket suspended from garage door at just the right height. Nose cone is also suspected from eye-bolt to the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4098-e1512202492245-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4098-e1512202492245-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4098-e1512202492245-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocket suspended from garage door at just the right height. Nose cone is also suspected from eye-bolt to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1097\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4102-e1512202553195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4102-e1512202553195-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Just double checking that the level of the rocket seems to be at a comfortable height.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4102-e1512202553195-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4102-e1512202553195-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_4102-e1512202553195-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just double checking that the level of the rocket seems to be at a comfortable height.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting is to commence on the Sunday (3rd Dec 17), but decided to spend a few hours on the Saturday making sure everything was ready and I&#8217;m familiar with the operation of the tools. Making sure the Compressor works satisfactorily Looking at the operation of the Spray Gun Making sure the rocket is level and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2017\/12\/02\/preparation-of-area-for-painting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Preparation of area for painting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,18,2,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}