- July 1st, 2009, 11:04 am#137215
hey guys. just painting my legris elbows grey. just wondered.... should i paint the orange end grey? or do i need to remove them? same with the legris straights? do i need to remove them orange ends?
lukey-boy wrote:hey guys. just painting my legris elbows grey. just wondered.... should i paint the orange end grey? or do i need to remove them? same with the legris straights? do i need to remove them orange ends?Here are what the real elbows look like for reference. I would try and trim down and paint the orange a gold or brass color.
mburkit wrote:I think the only problem with cutting the orange lip off is it will make it difficult to remove the vinyl tubing from the fitting then without the orange lip. That is the only reason I didn't do this exact same thing.I don't think it would be a huge issue. You rarely remove the tubing and I think you would still be able to get it out with a sharp point to depress the part you cut off.. or to just slice the tubing to remove it.
If someone could speak up and say if they have done this already and don't have any problems removing the tubing from the fitting when needed, I might consider modifying my elbows as well.
AJ Quick wrote:Yeah, I guess it's not that big of a deal. I just like to be able to remove anything on my pack if I need/want to. I've already undone my tubing once to sand them down with fine sandpaper to dull them up a little. There is a very good chance though that I will probably never undo them again. Unless of course I decide to cut the orange lip off them that is, haha.mburkit wrote:I think the only problem with cutting the orange lip off is it will make it difficult to remove the vinyl tubing from the fitting then without the orange lip. That is the only reason I didn't do this exact same thing.I don't think it would be a huge issue. You rarely remove the tubing and I think you would still be able to get it out with a sharp point to depress the part you cut off.. or to just slice the tubing to remove it.
If someone could speak up and say if they have done this already and don't have any problems removing the tubing from the fitting when needed, I might consider modifying my elbows as well.
kind2311 wrote:Perfect Matt!Thanks for the complement! Yeah, the krylon gray primer was a perfect match for the shade of gray the legris are.
I dont want to see any more stock SMC elbows on peoples pack after this thread!
EctoCaboose wrote: ↑August 27th, 2022, 8:26 pm I’m trying to find my own for my pack… any links?You can get modern SMC elbows that with some minor modifications and a repaint are passable enough as legris elbows.
They don’t seem to be up on gbfans
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