At 03:22 PM 4/4/00 -0700, Jeff McNeal wrote:
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>The lid that I just received has some very small areas of light surface rust
>and a deep scratch in the paint. What I'd really like to do here, is try my
>hand at prepping this piece for paint. I've never done any sheetmetal work
>at all. I just know that I have to get rid of the rust and give the whole
>thing a good coat of primer.
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>Where do I begin? Do I buy a gallon of Airplane stripper and melt off the
>paint, then get a sanding disc or a scotchbright pad for my drill and attack
>the rust? Or would it be cheaper/better to just take the whole thing out
>somewhere for a good sandblasting? If I opt for the latter, the
>sandblasting takes out the rust, right? So then, what's left for me to do,
>other than prime and lightly sand and prime again?
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>Could it be that simple??
Jeff,
For starters check out the articles:
Fighting Rust
Painting and Body work
on my Morgan web page in the Nuts & Bolts section, General, body work.
Then feel free to check out some of the other articles. Basic body work
isn't really hard, but is very time consuming.
After reading those 2 articles, feel free to ask any specific questions,
you'd like.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
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