Dr. Frankenstein's Paint Stripper
I finally got to play mad scientist the other weekend, unfortunately it was a disappointing experience.
I'd ordered an UV space heater off of ebay weeks ago, but I hadn't gotten around to messing with it.
About two weeks ago, I finally opened the box, plugged it in, and turned it on. Nothing happened. No heat, no light, nothing. Just a red display light. Great, $30.00 well spent.
Before I started to despair, I asked our in-family electrical guru to take a look at it. In an hour or so he pulled it apart and fixed it. Somehow the tip-over kill switch had gotten jammed in the Off position. Per my request, he by-passed the switch so it'll run in any position. Now it works!
Last weekend I tried the heater out. The good news is that it worked, the bad news is it was very slow going. The actual stripping part was easy, but it took forever for the paint to heat up. My guess is that one of the main reasons that folks are converting these heaters is to place the quartz rods closer together and to position them closer to the painted surface. Looks like I'll have to rework the thing to really get any use out of it. Bummer.
On the positive side, at least I can work on the paint stripper in the air conditioned comfort of my own home.
I'd ordered an UV space heater off of ebay weeks ago, but I hadn't gotten around to messing with it.
About two weeks ago, I finally opened the box, plugged it in, and turned it on. Nothing happened. No heat, no light, nothing. Just a red display light. Great, $30.00 well spent.
Before I started to despair, I asked our in-family electrical guru to take a look at it. In an hour or so he pulled it apart and fixed it. Somehow the tip-over kill switch had gotten jammed in the Off position. Per my request, he by-passed the switch so it'll run in any position. Now it works!
Last weekend I tried the heater out. The good news is that it worked, the bad news is it was very slow going. The actual stripping part was easy, but it took forever for the paint to heat up. My guess is that one of the main reasons that folks are converting these heaters is to place the quartz rods closer together and to position them closer to the painted surface. Looks like I'll have to rework the thing to really get any use out of it. Bummer.
On the positive side, at least I can work on the paint stripper in the air conditioned comfort of my own home.
posted by John | 4:23 PM
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