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Cleaning Smaller Parts

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Greg77

02-03-2007 06:36:13




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I've got a bunch of smaller parts to clean up. We could sandblast them but it takes a lot of time. Is there a solution a guy could mix up in a 5 gallon pail and throw them in there for a day or two that would take off the paint and a little rust. I have some metal prep here I got from a company in Iowa. The guy told me a couple of years ago he has a thirty gallon barrel of the solution mixed in his shop, that he throws parts in to clean up. He said he has forgotten stuff in there and in thirty days it would be half ate up. Trouble is it would cost a fortune to buy enough of his product to mix up a five gallon pail of solution. Any suggestion? I also have heard about a solution in a heat tank but guess that would cost some dollars to set up too.

Thanks, Greg

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Farmallgray

02-04-2007 09:46:22




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 Re: Cleaning Smaller Parts in reply to Greg77, 02-03-2007 06:36:13  
A friend of mine uses a lye solution to remove paint but it doesn't work on rust. I'm not sure what mix ratio he uses. Thick Paint can take a long time to remove in a blast cabinet (in my experience). I will eventually try his system for removing paint but then will still have to sandblast to get rid of the rust. I'm going to get a vibrating tumbler for cleaning small parts like nuts and bolts.



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Greg77

02-03-2007 15:59:19




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 Re: Cleaning Smaller Parts in reply to Greg77, 02-03-2007 06:36:13  
I've got a cabinate blaster to but it's slower than either one of our two pressure blaster. We blast out side, got tired of cleaning up the mess a couple of years ago when we did some inside. It was about 20 below here today and I would like to get some of these done so I can paint them and get them out of the way. Dropping them in solution if it would work would be nice when it's cold and crappy outside.

Greg

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CNKS

02-03-2007 08:13:49




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 Re: Cleaning Smaller Parts in reply to Greg77, 02-03-2007 06:36:13  
I clean most of my small parts either in a cabinet sandblaster, or with a wire wheel on a stationary grinder, or on an electric drill. I follow that with multiple applications of wax and grease remover to get rid of the residue. Others use electrolysis (battery charger and a container of washing soda), or treating with oven cleaner (sodium hydroxide) followed by brushing. I would not leave any metal in any kind of acid for very long.

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B-maniac

02-03-2007 12:07:51




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 Re: Cleaning Smaller Parts in reply to CNKS, 02-03-2007 08:13:49  
Can't see how it possibly could take more time to blast a small part than soaking it for who knows how long and then having to clean it all off and dry it off to prime. Don't know what you have for a blaster but there is nothing quicker than blasting to get a perfectly clean , ready to prime part.



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CNKS

02-03-2007 13:10:05




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 Re: Cleaning Smaller Parts in reply to B-maniac, 02-03-2007 12:07:51  
That's the reason I haven't tried electrolysis. I would sandblast more, but I have a lousy cabinet blaster, should have bitten the bullet and bought a better one.



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