'Fred' Thread

[wrinklearthur]

For those who know 'Fred', this thread is going to be on-going saga of owning a well used Discovery 1.

From the other thread.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/newreply.p...eply&p=1913624

Yuck! I tried some automotive paint stripper, now I have to rub all 'Fred's' bonnet down to the undercoat, as the stripper made a real slimy mess of things, I spent 3 hours straight rubbing back today, until my arm started to complain and I had only done about an eight of the bonnets area.

Stop press ! I am going to start a 'Fred' thread.

Would a orbital sander be the way to go at cutting the clear coat and the colour coat back to where the undercoat just starts to appear?

The right arm method of water, 400 grit paper and rubbing block does work, but I would really like to finish this work before the end of my first life time.

Is there anyone that has had a go at completely stripping back a bonnet, that would like to let me in on a few tricks of the trade?

[sheerluck]

Air orbital sander will do the job Arthur, if you've got a compressor, a cheapie would cost you $30 on eBay. It'd Stop your arms aching! I think the preference for using wet and dry type paper would mean it's best not to use an electric one, unless you like curly hair.

Are you just taking the clear coat off, or heading back to bare metal?

[wrinklearthur]

Air orbital sander will do the job Arthur, if you've got a compressor, a cheapie would cost you $30 on eBay. It'd Stop your arms aching! I think the preference for using wet and dry type paper would mean it's best not to use an electric one, unless you like curly hair.

I am thinking about one of those eBay sanders and do I have curly hair already, both of them !
Not sure if plugging into my old TV servicing isolation transformer would be the thing to do, so I will get a air driven sander.

Are you just taking the clear coat off, or heading back to bare metal?

The clear coat was the problem and is lifting badly, the colour base coat is very thin and luckily the undercoat is a lot thicker and easily seen as it is white and the colour of the paint is blue.

Apart from a couple of stone chips that are through to the aluminium, I am hoping to get away with rubbing down to the under coat, I am under the impression that all of the clear must be removed to prevent the new paint also from lifting .
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[sheerluck]

Yep, all the clear must definitely come off. Start off with 240 grit wet and dry to get through the clear quickly, then switch to 400 to get through the colour coat, then 800 to flatten the primer.

Will take you a couple of hours still.

[Blknight.aus]

If you're going wet and dry youve no real choice but to get a good aircompressor and a decent air sander.

[123rover50]

Where are the pictures Arthur?

Also how do you do that neat trick of copying a thumbnail and bringing it up full size in the reply post?

I know what your arm feels like. I should have bought an air sander too

[wrinklearthur]

Where are the pictures Arthur?
Also how do you do that neat trick of copying a thumbnail and bringing it up full size in the reply post?

1. I'll do a photo and walk you through it, first I'll put up a picture of our 'Ted's Chev', the file size is way too large ( 3.41 MB ) .
Using 'Manage Attachment' it ends up as IMG_2716.jpg, with a file size of (74.9 K and took over three minutes to do this, the web address then shown is "http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=60716&d=1369001523".

2. Next left click on the resultant thumbnail, it will come up as a 'attachment.php', ( but some times there is no increase in size over the size of the thumbnail, my computer must have learnt that I want the larger size now ).

3. now the image is shown is larger, right click on it and chose 'copy image URL'.

4. In the body of the text of your reply, make a space and type ,

5. Now insert by right click and post image URL in between, [IMG]^[/IMG]

6. Use Preview Post to check it has all gone right and Submit Reply.

7. The result.

I know what your arm feels like. I should have bought an air sander too

That Macca fellow on the ABC radio, must have done some paint removal as well, He goes on about "more strength to your right arm", so I reckon he's done a bit of that work as well.

[wrinklearthur]

I have one of these high pressure washers ( 2,200 PSI ) with an attachment that has a bottle for holding truck wash and wax.

I need to clean a grimy tractor block inside and out, to get rid of 60 years of neglect, I don't want to have the hassle of the machined surfaces rusting straight away, would cutting oil be ok to use in that bottle, what do you think?

The fluids are added to the washing lance and only the water passes through the pump.
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[wrinklearthur]

If you're going wet and dry youve no real choice but to get a good aircompressor and a decent air sander.

I have a large 3 phase compressor with stacks of capacity, thanks to a insurance payout.
I ended up with this after a fire in the motor windings of the original compressor, the whole workshop was about only a couple of minutes away from going up, I had come back from lunch to find the power was out, then I smelt something burning, the flames had caught a plastic bag and the burning bag was dripping molten plastic down the front of wooden shelving, shelving that had plastic cans of oil sitting on it.

I won't be doing too many cars with the sander, so I will be looking around for a inexpensive, but effective orbital sander.
I wouldn't want to tie up too much money in something that's mostly going to sit on the shelf .
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[wrinklearthur]

Stripped a bit more paint off 'Fred' today, but haven't reached the quarter way mark yet.

Won't be doing any paint removal tomorrow, Mumsy and me have got the car trailer hooked up on 'Fred' and are off to Bruny Island in the morning.
I needed a series two 2.25 bell housing, if I go ahead and fit a 2.25 diesel into the 80".

I was asking Tony ( who lives on Bruny ) what was about in the way of these housings and he said "leave it with me".
Well now I have a very rusty but complete 2A Land Rover to pick up.

I always look forward to the trip over on the ferry, the load comes off my shoulders halfway across the channel and the smile gets set instead.
As Bruny Island is the most delightful place to visit with plenty to see and do, if your are in Tassie having a visit, make time to go and have a sticky beak .
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