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Posted by J.D. Humm on December 23, 2001 at 11:17:55 from (12.65.204.52):
In Reply to: Re: sand blasting a cub posted by A-BOB on December 23, 2001 at 08:06:02:
I don't take castings down to bare metal with the wire brush, just try to get the flaky and chalky paint off and whatever soaked in dirt and grease there is. Sometimes though if a tractor has had a couple of poor past paint jobs it is about as easy to go all the way to bare metal and start over. Dad has a SMTA he wants to get going on and it has a poor fresh paint job on it now by the previous owner. That is going to be tough as the guy didn't even wash it, let alone sand or brush it first. I use stripper in places I just can't get to any other way but kind of like the rotary brush on open areas, not quite as messy. Any which way a person goes at it is a lot of work to do it right.
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