Re: oil / sandblasting?

Posted by Brian Schmidt on March 09, 2000 at 19:48:18 from (216.178.176.53):

In Reply to: oil / sandblasting? posted by Paul Shuler on March 09, 2000 at 15:06:15:

I am repainting my '49 C right now. I have tried the cheap oven cleaner method with some success. It does not work too bad, but it still takes some work after the oven cleaner to be ready for paint.

Go ahead and disassemble all the sheet metal. Then start spraying on the cleaner on all the parts. This does a very nice job at getting all the grease off. This will take about a week of several spraying sessions. Then hose it all off. Then sand blast all the loose parts that are off the tractor. This will do the best job to remove the rust. Use a wire brush on a die grinder and a cup brush on a side grinder. This will remove any paint flakes and rust that are still left. Then you may start painting.

I am using the IH 2150 red with hardener. I am having much luck so far with this paint and it is very cheap. I am still experimenting with mixes but, I am leaning towards the following mix:

3 oz hardener
5 oz thinner
24 oz paint

This has been working pretty well. I am using Dupont Centari hardener just because I had it. Produces a very nice shine. Should hold up to most farming conditions and the shinny surface should allow the dirt and oil wash right off.

The IH paint is about $33 per gallon and the thinner is about $10 per quart. I don’t know how much the hardener runs.

I will post pictures when I am done.

Brian

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