Thursday, January 31, 2013

After cleaning, sandblasting, then three coats of the rustbullet the hardware for the bogie springs are ready to be reinstalled on the frame.
Here is a before and after of the hardware for the trailing arms off the bottom of the bogie springs.
sand blasted just before painting.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Here shes had her sand bath and is ready for a rustbullet rubdown lol.... Its amazing how much better a part looks without the rust and grease all over it.
In the box and just starting to blast on them. Took a couple days to do both of them and the mounting hardware. Be prepared to paint as soon as you blast. Once you get bare new metal you will want to get some protection on it as it will start to rust almost as soon as you start blasting.
Heres a big boy sand box. I built this sandblasting box outta scrap ply from around the shop. stuck a nozzel and filter in it. I have a smaller version at home but needed something to to large things in. When I need to do the cross members under the engine I will just cut a hole in the end and stuff rags around the hole to hold in the sand while blasting. Good thing about free tools is when you get done with em there is no hard feeling to get over when you chuck em in the dumpster....lol..
Here is one of two of the boggie springs I got from Eric Brown. Good spring just a little ugly though. Its in need of some sand blasting and rust bullet.