Taking your KMG apart and Painting it.

Brian Avila

Brian Avila

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So I have seen some threads about painting the KMG.

I was curious if anyone has taken it apart, painted it, and then had problems with the tracking?

How did you guys paint it?

-Brian-
 
look up rust brownig. all of my tools that have non moving parts get it anythign that slides on bits i keep clean and oiled

alot of guys paint stuff tho
 
butcher_block said:
look up rust brownig. all of my tools that have non moving parts get it anythign that slides on bits i keep clean and oiled

alot of guys paint stuff tho
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Cool, but even doing that I would want to take it apart. So is there problems taking the KMG apart, coating it with paint (rustoleum) or rust browning, and then putting it back together? I worry about tracking issues?
 
Personally I wouldnt paint any of the contact areas, may throw off the setup just a tad. Thats just me though. Every time I paint something it ends up being the one thing I change and have to strip or grind the paint off of.
 
Brian,

I took mine apart and painted it and have no problems with tracking after reassembly. As a matter of fact before I painted it I had no tracking problems with the belt not centered up perfecly on the tracking and drive wheels. However, the tracking is going to change as a belt wears out and that is something that will happen with any grinder.
 
Nice. So the drive wheel just goes on back in the correct place? I ask because I don't have it yet, just pulled the trigger and ordered it yesterday. Just heard about it rusting, so I am planning ahead.
 
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