The first time that I did any significant sand blasting was to prepare a rusty dump truck body for new paint. I was picking up the paint and the fellow on the counter asked if I had acid wash. Say what?? He told me that it was needed to kill the rust that would be hiding down in the rust pits on the steel. So I got it and used it but then I had flash rust after rinsing the acid off. To avoid the rust I put some alcohol in a bucket and sopped it on heavy after the water rinse. It made the water evaporate too quickly for rust to occur.AltxF4 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:14 pm I decided to convert my HF 40Lb pressure pot sandblaster over to a wet blaster.... never seen it done, but I figured it was possible. It worked, and I started wet blasting the hard to get parts of my 66. Only problem now is the flash rust. I need to find a Good rust inhibitor I can add to the pressure pot that will be safe to prime over.
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located in Chester NH
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I may have to give that a try. I know they do sell a product made specifically for wet blasting to prevent flash rust. I will have to read the SDS.C.Costine wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:12 am The first time that I did any significant sand blasting was to prepare a rusty dump truck body for new paint. I was picking up the paint and the fellow on the counter asked if I had acid wash. Say what?? He told me that it was needed to kill the rust that would be hiding down in the rust pits on the steel. So I got it and used it but then I had flash rust after rinsing the acid off. To avoid the rust I put some alcohol in a bucket and sopped it on heavy after the water rinse. It made the water evaporate too quickly for rust to occur.
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Got my new tires yesterday. Need to go get them mounted now. What a pain to find 175 width radial whitewalls.
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Why did you choose that size, are you going for the stock look? I need tires as well, but not looking for a stock look.
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My driver has AR Libre with 185's on it and I find them a bit wide looking. I didn't want bias ply tires but an original looking tire in radial. This is close enough for me.
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Got the new tires mounted. Four white walls and a black wall spare.
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You can't beat the look of the original steelies! Looking great Curtis!
"When all else fails, force prevails!" Ummm, we're gonna need a bigger hammer here.
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Thanks. These are the 4.5" later wheels. I have a set of 5" 240Z wheels that I'm not sure if I will use. They were take offs by the original owner the day after he bought the car.
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Took the new tires for a test run. I really like them and I think I'll buy another set for this car since these are meant for the restoration car. Turns the 20 footer in to a 10 footer.
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Those look great Curtis!
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Thanks. The wheels were powder coated white by mistake. So I blasted them with ground glass to rough up the powder coat and then spray bombed them with primer and Ford argent silver. They came out really nice.
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They do look nice.
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Those look nice and nostalgic Curtis. Funny how the wheels can completely change the looks and sometimes even the perceived intent of a car. I sometimes want to buy some original size bias tires for my stock wheels and switch them out every now and then with my Empi's. I bet the handling will be much different then my modern sticky 195's now about those Libre's that look to wide....
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New carbs installed.
Took a little longer as I repainted intake and air filter housing....while I’m there syndrome Now on to more cleaning, it never ends
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Took a little longer as I repainted intake and air filter housing....while I’m there syndrome Now on to more cleaning, it never ends
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You're right Linda, it never does end, but it pays dividends! Looks great.
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1969 2000 solex mine since 1972, under resurrection. (Finally resurrected as of spring 2019!)
1969 Porsche 911s -worth more, but not as valuable! Gone!
2017 Lotus Evora 400 - Oh my!!
Old enough to know better, too old to remember why!
1969 2000 solex mine since 1972, under resurrection. (Finally resurrected as of spring 2019!)
1969 Porsche 911s -worth more, but not as valuable! Gone!
2017 Lotus Evora 400 - Oh my!!