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> Cleaning sheet metal, there has got to be a better way...
yeahmag
post Mar 6 2006, 04:11 PM
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I have spent litterally days at this point cleaning my sheet metal. I've been using 'Oil Eater' and different cleaning brushes from HF. At this point I'd gladly even pay someone to do it. I have a ton of stuff left to clean, so does anyone have a better way to do this?

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post Mar 6 2006, 04:19 PM
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What do you mean by clean? Removing paint? Oily engine bay? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
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post Mar 6 2006, 04:21 PM
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By sheetmetal, do you mean engine sheetmetal? If it is i just use liquid dish washing soap and 3m scotchbrite.

You can also use a pressure washer. Or go take your sheetmetal pieces to the self serve car washes and use their pressure washer.
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post Mar 6 2006, 04:21 PM
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Engine sheetmetal is what I'm cleaning.

Engine is apart and all the tin is off... I "think" it's -never- been apart... So it has 85K miles and 21 years off filth and baked on oil.



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post Mar 6 2006, 04:25 PM
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Try This

Then start over... careful. It's addictive.
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post Mar 6 2006, 04:33 PM
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My 2c's.
I used engine degreaser & a new parts cleaning brush.
Followed by Simple Green, dish washing detergent and
hot hot hot water and steel wool. Werked gud.
My hands healed in about a week (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif)


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post Mar 6 2006, 04:34 PM
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Put all the dirty oily parts in a box and drive over to Pyramid Powder Coating in Sun Valley. Make a deal for what ever color you want then go back and pick them up a week later.

Done. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

ps. they do all the cleaning, blasting, whatever before they paint...
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post Mar 6 2006, 04:35 PM
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bead blast the shit outta it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 6 2006, 04:58 PM
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Care to even guess what Pyramid would charge?

Aaron,

Don't the items have to be at least -reasonably- clean for bead blasting?

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post Mar 6 2006, 05:03 PM
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QUOTE (yeahmag @ Mar 6 2006, 03:58 PM)
Care to even guess what Pyramid would charge?

Aaron,

Don't the items have to be at least -reasonably- clean for bead blasting?

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just degrease em......

thats about it....
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post Mar 6 2006, 07:34 PM
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well, if you want to share what you paid, that would be cool.
i'm about to do this, but they wanted me to use stripper on it first. it'd be great to have some $$ perspective...

d7n7master, that tin looks great! it wasn't that nice after just a cleaning...

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post Mar 6 2006, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE (Mike D. @ Mar 6 2006, 02:34 PM)
Put all the dirty oily parts in a box and drive over to Pyramid Powder Coating in Sun Valley. Make a deal for what ever color you want then go back and pick them up a week later.

Done.  :D

ps. they do all the cleaning, blasting, whatever before they paint...

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totally agree as to let them clean it and coat it! In Seattle, it was $150 for all my engine tin including blasting it clean.
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post Mar 6 2006, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 6 2006, 02:35 PM)
bead blast the shit outta it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Oily parts in a bead blaster.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

No no no.
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post Mar 6 2006, 09:39 PM
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QUOTE (McMark @ Mar 6 2006, 08:32 PM)
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 6 2006, 02:35 PM)
bead blast the shit outta it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Oily parts in a bead blaster.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

No no no.

look up a few posts...

i said degrease it first.


come on... im not a newb (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tongue.gif)
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post Mar 6 2006, 09:44 PM
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Most industrial sandblasters don't give a $hit.

Drop them off... pick them up $20 poorer.
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post Mar 6 2006, 10:48 PM
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QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Mar 6 2006, 07:06 PM)
totally agree as to let them clean it and coat it! In Seattle, it was $150 for all my engine tin including blasting it clean.

I paid $120 for my Type 3 cooling tin and other assorted bits (from the engine and cabin) to get powder coated down here in Portland. They were oily, had peeling paint, and a couple spots had thick oily road gunk when I handed them over.
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post Mar 6 2006, 10:50 PM
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UUhhhh...

Cleaning sheet metal??

Cover it with furniture stripper. Place in BIG ass trash bag overnight.

Tie off trash bag.

Come back tomorrow. Hit it with a brush. Hose the bitch down and scrub with laundry soap and hot water.

DONE..

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post Mar 6 2006, 10:51 PM
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Don't you have tools to buy? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)





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post Mar 7 2006, 01:11 AM
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What..you don't like the thought of a stripper on your furniture????????

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post Mar 7 2006, 12:31 PM
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I paid about $170 for the engine tin, front suspension, gauge face, plate mounts, and few other misc. parts. But you have to get them all the same color, cost more for different colors...
And you can haggle with them, if you don't like the price quoted, take away a few parts and say "I didn't know it would cost so much" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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