NOTE: editted down, just found post about Eastwood Frame Interior ... why didn't THEY mention it when I spoke to them on phone? Would still like to de-scale the interior of the tubes prior to spraying.
75 FJ40. Working on de-rusting / painting the frame. Frame rust is pretty bad, with heavy scaling all over, but no rust-through. Wire-brushing most by hand and with standard power tools, & I made extensions for the hand wire-brushes to get up into the enclosed sections of the frame rails, so, that's under control. But, have run across a conundrum.
2 (2" Dia?) frame cross-member tubes are not only small & long, but have nice (expanded "U" - about 2.5' tube length) bends in the middles of them. Any ideas on how to de-rust the interiors, and how to get paint products in there?
I don't have a sandblaster, and am out in the boonies, so - for the moment, that path looks like a non-starter. The thoughts that I'm having are to try to locate big-a** tube or flue brushes (Where's Dick van Dyke when you need him?), run a line across, and then run back and forth yanking on the ends of the line to scrub out the scale.
So, anyone with experience getting the insides of the tubes ... I'm looking for ideas. (If it has to be sandblast and sprayer with extensions, then, at least that's an answer).
Thanks
75 FJ40. Working on de-rusting / painting the frame. Frame rust is pretty bad, with heavy scaling all over, but no rust-through. Wire-brushing most by hand and with standard power tools, & I made extensions for the hand wire-brushes to get up into the enclosed sections of the frame rails, so, that's under control. But, have run across a conundrum.
2 (2" Dia?) frame cross-member tubes are not only small & long, but have nice (expanded "U" - about 2.5' tube length) bends in the middles of them. Any ideas on how to de-rust the interiors, and how to get paint products in there?
I don't have a sandblaster, and am out in the boonies, so - for the moment, that path looks like a non-starter. The thoughts that I'm having are to try to locate big-a** tube or flue brushes (Where's Dick van Dyke when you need him?), run a line across, and then run back and forth yanking on the ends of the line to scrub out the scale.
So, anyone with experience getting the insides of the tubes ... I'm looking for ideas. (If it has to be sandblast and sprayer with extensions, then, at least that's an answer).
Thanks
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