paints?

[Yeomans22]

Im going to be painting my suspension, back axel etc next week, what paint should i use, is hamerite ok for this, or is there something better?

 

Thanks Paul.

[tim]

painted all my stuff with hammerite

[Yeomans22]

any thing special i need to do just a wire brush i guess?

 

Does it take long to dry?

Hows the finish?

 

 

Cheers

[tim]

i just de greased the leg and cleaned off any loss crap then painted,prob not the best prep but its done the job and looks ok

[escort greg]

Rub down and hamerite smooth

[flyingbanana]

i stripped with vinager by using a batt charger and strip of metal

got good results

 

[over_head_cam]

Elecro UN-plating

[MightySprocket]

i stripped with vinager by using a batt charger and strip of metal

got good results

 

 

wowsers thats fookin awesome 'D', might try that!

 

how exactly did you do it?

[flyingbanana]

you will need a bucket, vinager, batt caharger, and strip of metal

 

take most of the crap stuff off has much has you can first

fill bucket with vinager

 

then stick the metal items in the vinager and if i recall correctly you stick the neg side of the batt charger to the item that you want to clean

 

then put a strip of metal down the side of the bucket so its in the vinager and connect the positive to the strip of metal...make sure the two dont touch each other

 

then switch on the charger and leave for 24hrs and occasionally after a couple of hrs rub the item down to take the bits that have come lose

 

once finished rince the item under water and then clean off with wire brush etc

 

thats it.....its a reversal order of doing eletro plating ,so the rust is drawn away from the item and towards the strip of metal

 

[FredTransit]

that's fantastic! Top tip!

[hotrodholty]

that is wicked mate,

i cant believe iv wasted 25 years using vinager on my chips.

any other condiment related tips?

tomato sauce engine flush?

colemans mustard brake fluid?

[tazrocks88]

thats awsome

 

@ hotrod

[andygfc]

Im going to be painting my suspension, back axel etc next week, what paint should i use, is hamerite ok for this, or is there something better?

 

Thanks Paul.

 

Use rustoleum, it's a much better product than hammerite and can be thinned with white spirit

Any good decorating shop should have it

[Yeomans22]

think ill just use some hamerite smooth,

 

thanks for the help.

[deluxemk1]

Ive learned something today,thats excellent ! Never heard of that before got to test that out on some crap ive got lying about what a brilliant tip nice one !

[steve mk2]

Im going to be painting my suspension, back axel etc next week, what paint should i use, is hamerite ok for this, or is there something better?

 

Thanks Paul.

 

Use rustoleum, it's a much better product than hammerite and can be thinned with white spirit

Any good decorating shop should have it

 

 

good stuff tht dries in ten mins and comes in loads of colours i use it on everything

[caprinerd]

 

take most of the crap stuff off has much has you can first

fill bucket with vinager

 

then stick the metal items in the vinager and if i recall correctly you stick the neg side of the batt charger to the item that you want to clean

 

then put a strip of metal down the side of the bucket so its in the vinager and connect the positive to the strip of metal...make sure the two dont touch each other

 

then switch on the charger and leave for 24hrs and occasionally after a couple of hrs rub the item down to take the bits that have come lose

 

once finished rince the item under water and then clean off with wire brush etc

 

thats it.....its a reversal order of doing eletro plating ,so the rust is drawn away from the item and towards the strip of metal

 

 

how did you find that out and what were you trying to do to start with

[flyingbanana]

i started to look up electroplating to start of with ...then my search got more and more involved until i had seen a few sites and had a good read, you can use other stuff has well, i decided to use vinager in the end has its a acid that can easily be brought from a supermarket etc

 

vinegar can be used for many other things and their is loads of other stuff that can be used which will do jobs that you would have never thought of before...cant find the page with the list but

 

here is a couple sites that i had bookmarked when i was searching

 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Electro ... aka-Magic/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_cell

 

http://www.chip.com/buick/techtips/rustremoval.html

 

their are more out their you just need to search for them

[nicks mk1 group4]

vinegar can be used to clean your windows too they come up so clean i have thought i have left my window open at night