Re: Sand blasting concerns

Posted by Roger WI on June 15, 2004 at 19:56:14 from (69.58.151.79):

In Reply to: Sand blasting concerns posted by Jon from NY on June 15, 2004 at 17:59:10:

Jon, As the others said, you have to be very careful of sandblasting a working tractor. I have only sandblasted the underside of the transmission/final drive on an MD that I was restoring, otherwise, I only sandblast parts that are off the tractor and are cleanable after sandblasting. I never sandblast hydraulic units or even engines as that sand finds it's way into all kinds of areas that you don't want it to (even if you mask it off as I have had the tape come off with disasterous results getting sand in areas that can't tolerate it). When I sandblasted the underside of my MD, I carefully wrapped the rest of the tractor in plastic including taping the plastic to the tractor in the areas I didn't want sand to get in. I still ended up getting some sand in the brake housings even with them bolted on tight. Again, I can't imagine sandblasting a working tractor without getting sand in many unwanted places that later will cause all kinds of damage. Roger

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