Chris Hughes
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- Mar 15, 2008
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. The last thing in the world I wanted to work on was a plastic deck and architecture but that was the job at hand.
Normally when I go out to a job I pack the tools I would need specific to the job at hand, so I would not be packing out my Festool arsenal. Much to my surprise, as it turns out, Festool saved the day twice. The first call for Festool was the ts75. As it turns out vinyl is not very straight on it's own so measuring accurately becomes an issue. While placing our pickets on top of the rafters we discovered that the ends were all over the place. The solution was as simple as placing a rail and running the saw. My boss was definitely impressed.
The next day we went to install a privacy fence on the deck when we discovered a "vinyl industry" standard. Apparently, the vinyl industry does not care about scratches either in manufacturing or shipping. When we unpackaged our fence kits we found some horrible mars and scratches to the point that my boss was going through the steps to ship the product back . I always thought vinyl would be to soft to sand and polish on. I stand corrected. It turns out that if you start out at about 400grit you can remove most visible scratches and work upward to 1000grit to get to a polishable surface. I used a ro150 even though I did not have a 6'" "lambie" to polish with so I had to use a 5" pad instead. The result was the boss was duly impressed again.
Normally when I go out to a job I pack the tools I would need specific to the job at hand, so I would not be packing out my Festool arsenal. Much to my surprise, as it turns out, Festool saved the day twice. The first call for Festool was the ts75. As it turns out vinyl is not very straight on it's own so measuring accurately becomes an issue. While placing our pickets on top of the rafters we discovered that the ends were all over the place. The solution was as simple as placing a rail and running the saw. My boss was definitely impressed.
The next day we went to install a privacy fence on the deck when we discovered a "vinyl industry" standard. Apparently, the vinyl industry does not care about scratches either in manufacturing or shipping. When we unpackaged our fence kits we found some horrible mars and scratches to the point that my boss was going through the steps to ship the product back . I always thought vinyl would be to soft to sand and polish on. I stand corrected. It turns out that if you start out at about 400grit you can remove most visible scratches and work upward to 1000grit to get to a polishable surface. I used a ro150 even though I did not have a 6'" "lambie" to polish with so I had to use a 5" pad instead. The result was the boss was duly impressed again.
