Drew
I use the HF twisted wire wheels (about 6" diameter)on my HF grinder to remove
paint,Bondo and rust. They work fast and last a long time.
Bill
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> From: andrewpayne@intrex.net
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:56:59 +0000
> Subject: [Spridgets] You can't go home again
>
> Some of you may recall my introductory tale of buying back the Midget of my
youth, some 15 years later. Well, today has been a sobering day. I have
very slowly been stripping my '76. I have not had much time to work because
my WRX has been taking most of my time, requiring a new transmission,
radiator, and shocks this calendar year alone. For some reason working on a
daily driver is less satisfying than working on the MG. But today I set into
the paint, HF angle-grinder in hand. It was not long before prepping the
metal became looking for metal. Some panels have a half inch of filler over
seemingly sound steel, while some areas were all bondo. Eventually, I started
grinding through filler simply looking for boundaries for patch panels. I was
pleased to find that my patch panel was still very clean some fifteen years
on. The most offensive item was the left rear quarter where some dpo had cut
out the lower two inch portion of steel from door to mid wheel arch and repl
> aced it with bondo over great stuff foam insulation! Yes, my car has more
plastic than Joan Rivers.
> I am dumbfounded, who could possibly think this is ok? I will admit, I have
been looking for cost cutting solutions to the wheel arches, but still
involving steel. You know flat steel bondo'd to shape or with racing style
arch flares. I just don't know. Anyone have a good cheap arch solution?
> Lastly, what are the ideal grinding wheels for paint and bondo? I have been
using a wheel from HF that looks like a grill scrubbing pad. It seems to work
well and faster than the hard grinding wheels. The problem is that I think it
will take about ten, and at six bones a pop, they will add up. If there is a
better wheel I'd like to try before stocking up.
> Cheers,
> Drew
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