Repainting fans

[Aaron Gillette]

I now realize that repainting the fan isn't one of the first things to do, but actually one of the last things to do. Banging the stator out of  and back into the motor case, the slippage of screw drivers when removing and replacing screws, and other various tool scraping errors has scrapped off a lot of paint on the fan, with various dings and such. Now I suppose I need to sand out the dings, smooth out the edges of the various paint scrapes, and then repaint the whole thing. I won't take the fan motor apart to avoid getting paint in the heat exhaust holes: I'll just cover them with something (not sure what, maybe painter's tape?). And to repolish the heads of the screws of the fan motor housing and oscillator box, I figure I'll pull out the screws part way from the body, repolish the heads, use tape or vaseline over the heads to prevent getting paint on them, repaint the motor body-oscillator box, then screw the screws back in. I'll have to surround each screw, while screwing it back in, with cloth or something, to prevent scraping the paint again.

Does that protocol sound good? Or are there better or easier ways to do all of this?

Thanks!

[Thomas Newcity]

14 hours ago, Aaron Gillette said:

I now realize that repainting the fan isn't one of the first things to do, but actually one of the last things to do. Banging the stator out of  and back into the motor case, the slippage of screw drivers when removing and replacing screws, and other various tool scraping errors has scrapped off a lot of paint on the fan, with various dings and such. Now I suppose I need to sand out the dings, smooth out the edges of the various paint scrapes, and then repaint the whole thing. I won't take the fan motor apart to avoid getting paint in the heat exhaust holes: I'll just cover them with something (not sure what, maybe painter's tape?). And to repolish the heads of the screws of the fan motor housing and oscillator box, I figure I'll pull out the screws part way from the body, repolish the heads, use tape or vaseline over the heads to prevent getting paint on them, repaint the motor body-oscillator box, then screw the screws back in. I'll have to surround each screw, while screwing it back in, with cloth or something, to prevent scraping the paint again.

Does that protocol sound good? Or are there better or easier ways to do all of this?

Thanks!

You answered your own question in your first sentence.  The first step to restoring is to ensure that it is mechanically and electrically correct, complete and working.  Then comes complete disassembly and prepping for painting.  Good luck and keep us posted.