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Where did you get these and are they economical to replace?

[Rambozo]

Where did you get these and are they economical to replace?

Honeywell fixture, $60 at Sam's Club. Works good, I'll see how it holds up. So far mercury vapor and metal halide work great and last a long time, but suck down the power. The fluorescent replacements have been hit n' miss (mostly miss) in the longevity department.

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I hate painting too. I TRY to leave that to the customer. But seems more often than not someone is always bringing me something to paint. I am no painter, but back in August a lady brought me an antique iron bed that she wanted repainted to the original brownish reddish color. I made the mistake of letting her bring me some Sherwin Williams crappy paint. Run city. My sprayer handled it fine, but runs popped up quickly even though I had thoroughly prepped the old paint with a really good and tedious sanding job and a complete wipedown with acetone then a tack cloth. It slicked up nice, but would not dry for days in 80+ degree heat. It was still soft after 2 weeks. I had to wait till it got try enough to sand down again. Second time it was much better and the one or two runs I had did not really matter where they were located. For simple stuff, I use rustoleum, usually hammered paint. Nothing beats it for ease of use, coverage and quick dry time, especially if I am not using a can. It dries even faster in a can. And it is DTM. No primer needed. Beautiful gloss finish but with the hammered "industrial" look. Some people can't tell it from powder coating.

[Rambozo]

I tried some silver hammered paint. I love that stuff, too. But the can was too old or something and I could not get it to spray more than a few seconds before clogging the tip. Then would have to clean the tip out with acetone only to have it clog again and again. I gave up and found a can of white that still had something in it.

[Rambozo]

Forgot to post the result. Really works good.