Commission

Hi Dennis
Hows is the Restoration going?
it great to see a great restoration from start to finish.
Looks Great So Far!
Kc :)

A little more completed.
Firewall repair finished, panted and installed, front striped painted and fitted.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/09/1231.jpg
Water pump overhauled and fitted with thermostat housing and new thermostat.
Generator re bushed, bearinged, and brushed.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/09/1232.jpg

With the help of a few ground up stubbies and a lot of air I have striped all remaining panels.
A new rear left corner fabricated and fitted, ready for some serious painting.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/10/1628.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/10/1629.jpg

how did you get the paint off? i have tried wet n dry, paint stripper sand blasting but none of them seem that great

Over the years I have tried all sorts of methods, don’t use sand it will damage the panels, they say soda is good.
My new best method go buy yourself a $200 sand blasting kit, 1 bag glass bead mix with a little walnut shell, large plastic tarp and 5 or 6 hours latter you will have completely clean S1.
Need plenty of air 12 cfm at least.
No damage to Al no paint striper all over the place and me, The bead and shell cost about $70 for 25KG of each and I still have 2/3rds of it left, lot cheaper then paint striper and a lot nicer.
Dennis

Sounds good. Can you give more details of the blaster etc. Any pics.
Keith

yeah some more info/pics would be great iam always interested in anew techniques

I had a PM asking for more details, so I will post my reply here to:


Hi,
You need something like this, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10-GALLON...item1e713b7859.
If you use that link it should take you to eBay and a 10Gal blast kit. Sometimes you can get units a bit bigger with proper blasting taps which would be an improvement.
You will need at least 10cfm compressor to drive it.
Glass bead is about $35 a 25KG bag and walnut shell is a bit less I got mine from some lot in Melb. but just Google it lots of suppliers about.
Buy 1 or 2 really big cheap tarps to make up a blasting area so you can reuse the glass etc.
Make sure you screen it before putting back in the tank, fly wire works well.
Dennis

Link wont work for me as it says listing has been removed. No matter I will chase it up.
Thanks. Keith

Hi there Dennis

Will call to give proir notice - but will be passing through in a couple of weeks will drop in for a chat

All the best

Wayne