The Original Project

[Matt B.]

You remember me redoing this fan?



When I found it, it was very poorly painted, motor being green, blades being a flat white. So I painted the motor a beige color and stripped the paint off of the blades and just laid clear on them.

BUT, now I have other plans for it. It will be going back to its original finish, Black and Antique Brass. Also the clear on the blades didn't turn out good- AT ALL. rough finish and hardly any luster. so I will be stripping the clear off and staining them a Golden Pecan finish (cane will be covered) and I'm going over the blades with some gloss lacquer in the end. Once It is all finished, It will be going into my room.

The Brackets, canopy, motor, downrod, oil cup, will be Black, the faceplate will remain AB. I also made up an AB 4 arm light for it too.

Pics of will be coming along as I make progress.

Right now I had to strip the paint off of the canopy since it was starting to peel off from the old paint. There is still some of the original black on there, which I need to sand off with some fine sandpaper.

[fancollector12]

Nice job so far! Can't wait to see the finished product (:

[Rick M.]

I like this idea a lot...I bet it's going to turn out great! Good job so far.

[Farah]

Great job so far! I cannot wait to see the finished project.

[Matt B.]

Thanks Guys...

Right now I have 1 part of the canopy painted, the other part has broken off screws that will need to be drilled out before I can paint.





I have the upper-side of the reverse-air brackets painted:



and I got the motor painted:

[Matt B.]

Got the oil cup and other side of the brackets painted, for some reason, even letting them sit for at least 10 hours before re-coating them, some of the paint wrinkled for some reason. I have no ideer why, I used the same paint out of the same can.



For the meanwhile I have the motor hanging in the shop out of the way.

[Matt B.]

I painted the windings and bottom of the rotor. I also got the motor put back together.









Also put some oil in it and tested it, and it runs as good as it looks!

[Austin]

May 30, 2012 18:28:09 GMT -5 Matt B. said:

Got the oil cup and other side of the brackets painted, for some reason, even letting them sit for at least 10 hours before re-coating them, some of the paint wrinkled for some reason. I have no ideer why, I used the same paint out of the same can.

Did you lightly sand those parts before you re-coated them with 600-2000 sandpaper? Spray paint likes to stick to a rough surface rather then a nice shiny glossy surface which is why it may have wrinkled. Its looks like its coming along great.

[Matt B.]

No I didn't bother with that, usually this never happens to me.

[Rick M.]

WOW. That's looking great.

[Matt B.]

Got the blades stripped sown to bare wood. The inserts still have some stubborn white on them so I will have to paint them tan first, then stain the blades.

[Matt B.]

Got the wicker inserts painted. Here is the blade taped up before painting:



After painting:



After tape removal: I also had to use thinner to clean up the edges where paint got onto the surface of the blade.



With the help of my dad, we got the screws removed from the other canopy piece, and today I laid black on it.



So now all that is left to do now is stain the blades which I will do tomorrow and spray the lacquer onto them and we can hopefully call this project complete!

[Cole S.]

Cane actually came out better than I was expecting. Nicely done there, considering the circumstances.

[Matt B.]

Jun 4, 2012 20:04:48 GMT -5 Cole S. said:

Cane actually came out better than I was expecting. Nicely done there, considering the circumstances.

Thanks. IMO the color could be darker but that is the only tan I had laying around so I used it. It is the same color that the motor was before I painted it black.

[Matt B.]

Here is what the plain side of the blades look like after sanding them down with 500 grit sandpaper and applying 2 coats of stain. The finish is supposed to be a Golden Pecan, but it is a bit lighter than what is shows on the can.