Let me know how it works and I'll send you mine ( the Sprite's ) to do. :)
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy at lucent.com>
To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: July 5, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Cleaning and painting parts
>I painted my rear end (the cars' not my ass) this weekend. The hardest
>part was getting all the grease and rust off the sucker. I cleaned the
>rear with a putty knife, then used gunk and simple green, and scraped with
>a putty knife and scrubbed with a wire brush. It took a couple of hours
>but the thing is clean now.
>
>I removed the rust with an angle grinder and some wire brush attachments.
>I have one of those $20 Harbor Freight angle grinders. The thing works
>pretty well but is really noisy. When it breaks, and it will I will
>replace it with a real one, like a Dewalt. If you don't have an angle
>grinder get a cheap one, you will love it. Then upgrade when it won't
>do the job or breaks. I also bought 2 dewalt wire brush at $14 each.
>They are great. One is a cup and the other is twisted wire wheel. Don't
>catch the wire wheel in your shirt, it makes a mess.
>
>I then preped the axle with a rust converted and primed with an etching
>primer. I then painted it with POR-13 (15?) chassis paint (not the paint
>over rust stuff). It looks good and I think that paint will be very tough.
>Only time will tell.
>
>I am still looking for a better way of degreasing parts. I think it is
time
>I spring for either a parts washer or get a 5 gallon lid for all my old
>joint compound buckets. Not sure what would be the best way to handle
>large parts. Maybe a pressure washer would work, but I think I am to tight
>to spring for one. Degreasing old cars and parts is a RPITA. I need
>a better way to handle parts off the car, and the car itself. When you get
>everything clean, working on the car is much less of a mess.
>
>My thoughts for the day.
>
>Bill Gilroy
>77 Midget
>90 Shar-Pei
>
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