Tom: My 55-1st cab didn't look bad - was in primmer. I used Aircraft
Paint Remover from the local auto paint store & a 7" Dia. " plastic sponge
disk " that I pick up at a local swap meet in my slow speed 7" angle
grinder - worked great to get to bare metal. Big surprises - had seen some
rust in the corners but a lot more surface & some thick ( 1/2" ) bondo.
If I had it to do over again if I could get someone to blast & primmer ( use
epoxy primmer otherwise it could rust thru the primmer while you complete
the other body work) I would go for it. If I ever do another one would go
for blasting or dipping.
I also had some light pitting on the top - removed paint - painted with POR
15 & if you catch it at the time when it is tacking but will not come off on
your finger you can shot it with your primmer other wise you have to use POR
primmer first to assure adhesion ( per POR instructions ).
Good luck,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Cooper" <tntcoop@earthlink.net>
To: "'Oletrucks'" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:36 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] sandblaster
> The guy that was going to blast my cab all of a sudden decided that he
> couldn't do it. He gave the reason that because it wasn't the complete
> truck he wasn't blasting anything that he wasn't going to work on. It
> sounds like a big load of BS to me but now I am back to finding someone
> to blast the cab. Not many people around here that does that. There is
> one guy that want 1000.00 to blast, DA sand, and prime. He is about 50
> miles away and getting it to him would also be an issue not to mention
> the 1000 bucks. I am looking at alternatives to blasting now. My cab has
> some areas worse than others and a some pitting on the top. Will a stiff
> wire brush get the rust out and maybe a rust o leum primer for rusty
> metal. Anyone in the Charlotte area that knows someone that will do some
> blasting without wanting my retirement...hehe Thanks for listening,
> I'm done now....tom in sc
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