Quote Originally Posted by Zeeflyboy View Post
what are the parts you are painting there made from?

In my experience aluminium doesn't massively like to be painted... generally found results were lacking unless an etch primer was used.

Needless to say, regardless of the metal type you need to be meticulous about degreasing first too. A good soak and scrub in hot water with either some proper degreaser or washing up liquid will help a lot with getting a lasting finish.

What parts are you worried about wear on? Mating surfaces shouldn't be moving really once assembled so I wouldn't be overly concerned about wear and tear on them.
Well.. Im not really worried about wear.. more about rust :) The surfaces under the bearings should be okay since they are tight but when painting I mask of a little more then required so that I dont get paint in the wrong place ;)
The router will have its home in a shed I built in my backyard.
I will have some heat in there but it can probably get pretty moist in spring and fall.
All my plates are steel right now.
But because I made some mistakes on my Z dropplate and have to redo it I'm probably gonna do it in aluminium.

Good advice about the washing! Thanks..
Before I painted now I just scrubbed the parts down with an alkoholbased degreaser..

There are many things to think about when taking the leap and building yourself a machine! Sometimes it's hard not to forget some crucial step when you are progressing :)

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