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Post by onlyhomelites on Mar 12, 2016 19:02:37 GMT -5
Well I finished another complete repaint, this time an XL-700. I'm pretty happy with it, but there are a few things I'd do differently. One, it's a real pain to mask the starter housing and paint the white after the blue base. If I ever do another, I'll spray the white first and mask it to spray the rest. The other is the paint color; while I love the color, it's too "blue". A NOS Homelite part next to it shows a very obvious difference. But with the whole saw being the same color, I don't care too much this time around!  Homelite XL-700 Chainsaw (a) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr  Homelite XL-700 Chainsaw (d) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr  Homelite XL-700 Chainsaw (e) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr  Homelite XL-700 Chainsaw (f) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr |
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Post by undee70ss on Mar 12, 2016 19:32:20 GMT -5
Nice!!! You use rattle can paint on this one? If so what brand? I've never painted a saw before.
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Post by sweepleader on Mar 12, 2016 19:56:58 GMT -5
Very Nice Leon! The blue looks fine to me but the handle looks green, is it really green? I don't think I have ever seen an XL700 before.
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Post by onlyhomelites on Mar 12, 2016 21:20:57 GMT -5
Thanks guys! This is rattle can, same Duplicolor line as the stuff I used on the 900D. The blue is "Bahama Blue" and the clear coat is US Industries Glamour 2K 2-part clear from the special rattle can. The handle is green and that is apparently the way the came. The handle is the only part on this saw that is NOS...it's not really paint, more like a vinyl coating.
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Post by sweepleader on Mar 13, 2016 10:04:59 GMT -5
That must be the same handle coating that is on my XL500's I suppose. Actually one is anodized green, I think that is the oldest one. Looks great, I am hoping to get some of mine painted this spring.
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Post by Supercharged86 on Mar 13, 2016 10:57:15 GMT -5
Nice job there Leon. Is that a custom handmade dawg?
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Post by onlyhomelites on Mar 13, 2016 15:08:57 GMT -5
Hey Steve, the dawg is custom, but it came that way. I couldn't give it up, it's too cool!
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Post by sweepleader on Mar 13, 2016 16:55:04 GMT -5
Leon, perhaps you already know that the green on my XL500 starter housing was done first, masked, the white done next, masked, and the red done last. They must have had some pretty special masks to deal with that paint job. They would have used something similar I guess for your XL700 and done it in 3 steps too, eh?
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Post by onlyhomelites on Mar 13, 2016 20:05:41 GMT -5
Yeah Dan, I've thought about what Homelite must have done for masking and I can't come up with anything easy! Where I had trouble was keeping white paint from going down into the "fin" area. I cut the tape as close to the housing as I could with a razor, but some spray still got through in a few places. But if I had reversed the process and done the white first, then it would have been all one flat surface to mask in order to spray the blue. Oh well!
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Post by Supercharged86 on Mar 13, 2016 20:12:27 GMT -5
Yeah Dan, I've thought about what Homelite must have done for masking and I can't come up with anything easy! Where I had trouble was keeping white paint from going down into the "fin" area. I cut the tape as close to the housing as I could with a razor, but some spray still got through in a few places. But if I had reversed the process and done the white first, then it would have been all one flat surface to mask in order to spray the blue. Oh well! Talk about production costs, with a three step paint process??? |
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Post by Clasec on Mar 16, 2016 22:05:39 GMT -5
Saw looks great. I noticed it doesn't have screws holding the tank halves together. What did Homelite use to hold them together?
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