[AT] Circus wagons & old tractor stuff ramble

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/20/2005 7:13:28 PM Central Standard Time,  
robinson at svs.net writes:

I am not  all that big on removing "all" of the paint on an old tractor or 
implement  like many are. Even if I was sand-blasting as long as the original 
paint  is good and tight I would stop with just getting it cleaned well and 
any  
surface glaze broken. On castings I would just as soon leave the old sound  
paint down in the porous surface and remove only the top surface and  
anything 
scaly.


I agree.   I only sandblast to remove the old caked grease and  paint that is 
not "tight"  This old trailer, had been painted over about 3  coats and one 
was with a brush.  With the ribbed channel slats on the side,  It was a real 
bear to sandblast.  I mixed 20% a black volcanic sand  with regular 20-50 sand 
to get a little speed out of the blasting process.   One of the worst things to 
try to sandblast is silicone calk..  There wer  some places on the top where 
it had been caulked because th roof had torn.   This stuff would take 50 lbs 
of caulk to remove it you did not scrape it  first.....
 
Cecil in OKla