Clean inside the frame? (1 Viewer)

[RAF]

Wow, the entire frame sandblasted for $100! That's a great price. I just paid $48 at the local monument supplier to have five steel wheels blasted. Man what a dirty noisy job that would be for 8 hours a day. I would be concerned about the inside of the frame though, very difficult to get into all the nooks and crannies. ZeroRust makes a powder you mix with water and spray on freshly blasted steel to help prevent flash rust and give you a little more time before you have to paint. You can apply it with a spray bottle or garden sprayer. What finish are you going to use?

 

[Cresso]

Yea, I didn't think I'd find a price that low. The guy who did it seemed to have trouble getting inside the frame as I can still see some gunk build-up way in there. I couldn't get it out with a pressure washer and he couldn't get it out with a sand blaster....can I leave it there and paint rustoleum over it? ??? I know it sounds sloppy, but I think it's grease build-up and, as such, shouldn't be a starting point for rust. I can't think of any other way to get that stuff outa there anyway.

For the paint, I plan on welding on the frame quite a bit, so I'm using rattle can stuff. I'll be laying down a few coats of Rustoleum industrial enamel primer, then topcoat it with some kind of heavy duty enamel gloss black, probably Rustoleum as well. It won't look great, but good enough for a trail rig and still easy to grind off for repair/modifications. Any suggestions there?

PS I'll post pics of the frame when I get home - it's a real beaut now.

 

[amandap]

If you've taken it this far, I would DEFINITELY use a metal wash/acid etch treatment before doing any painting! I learned this the hard way of course. The fresh blasted metal still has a light oil on it that should be washed off, then treated with an acid etch of some kind. POR Marine Clean and Metal Ready are my favorites, but I would like to try the powder mix spoken of earlier...cheaper. www.eastwood.com sells the powder also and may have a comparable wash. Marine clean is a alkaline based cleaner, just for comparison sake. Really worth the money spent if you want your paint to stay put. Oh yeah, Rustoleum sucks...check into Zero rust...comes in colors too!

 

[RAF]

ZeroRust is what I'm putting on my wheels and it does not have to be topcoated like por-15. And as amandap says, it comes in spray cans. www.zero-rust.com But for the inside of the frame, I'd get a quart or gallon and brush it on/in. If you look here at Jeff Zepp's restoration http://members.aol.com/jeffzepp/ I think he uses a bottle or toilet bowl brush to get into the tight spots.

Yep I was right, it was a toilet bowl brush.
http://jeffzepp.cruiserpages.com/resto/p1112.jpg

 

[Poser]

Clearly,

The people thinking that 'doing this yourself' have done very little, if any sandblasting work.

It sucks, plain and simple. I have spent way too many hours under the hood, and would not think twice about paying someone a couple hundred bucks to do it right, and like Brian stated, you could probably get the thing primed and painted at the same time. Many blasting outfits around here (MN) offer this service.

But hey, not untill you have washed sand from every orifice for days on end, or continued to clean up sand weeks after you have blasted something, will any of my negativity towards this topic make sense to you.

Good luck!

-Steve

 

[woody]

I know when I got mine back, there were a couple spots the blaster missed....that was 6 years ago and so far, none of those spots has fallen off....lol

 

[HI^C]

MORE info on that pressure washer attachment PLEASE!
i did a web search and came up with barely any offered and not much info.

 

[Jman]

[quote author=Poser link=board=1;threadid=12734;start=msg119048#msg119048 date=1078977282]
Clearly,

The people thinking that 'doing this yourself' have done very little, if any sandblasting work.

It sucks, plain and simple. I have spent way too many hours under the hood, and would not think twice about paying someone a couple hundred bucks to do it right, and like Brian stated, you could probably get the thing primed and painted at the same time. Many blasting outfits around here (MN) offer this service.

But hey, not untill you have washed sand from every orifice for days on end, or continued to clean up sand weeks after you have blasted something, will any of my negativity towards this topic make sense to you.

Good luck!

-Steve
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Oh, yeah. Never did any myself, but my dad did a lot of work with walk-in blast cabinets---dat shizzat gets everywhere! And DAMN, make sure you're wearing good gloves!

 

[Brog]

[quote author=HI^C link=board=1;threadid=12734;start=msg119431#msg119431 date=1079032191]
MORE info on that pressure washer attachment PLEASE!
i did a web search and came up with barely any offered and not much info.


[/quote]

Looks like it will be this weekend before I can get my hands on the attachment.
I'll get the name off of it.
Brog

 

[Brog]

I couldn't find a name brand on the attachment.
Maybe that's why it was only $60.
I'll try to get in touch with the saleman that sold it to me.
Brog

 

[Cresso]

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I finally got some pictures up of the sandblasted frame.

Yes, I did take quite a few of the brackets off. In fact, that pile of stuff in the background is about 80 pounds of chopped off frame brackets.

I'm currently primering the frame with rattle can primer. It won't be a show-stopper, but it'll be better than before. I haven't flipped it over yet, hence the missed spots.