[AT] Circus wagons & old tractor stuff ramble

[Larry D. Goss]

Both of you have echoed my feelings.  That's why I use a needle scaler
to clean parts, not just for restoration, but any time.  A needle scaler
is fast and you don't have all that media going everywhere.  I even use
a needle scaler to clean mower decks.  With that, I can find fatigue
cracks in the metal and repair them before they cause problems.  Harbor
Freight has theirs on sale right now.

Larry

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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
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