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Step 8Painting

Painting
Don't just build something, paint it. Do it right away or it will rust and put rust marks on stuff.
Here's my mom painting a frame with shiny zinc paint. The frame is propped up on nail boards so we can flip it over and paint both sides without messing up the paint too much. You can also hang parts from wires, same intent.
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May 16, 2008. 9:22 PMkillerjackalope says:
Even tim's getting in on the mother son act!?!

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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