[TR] Sandblasting wire wheels

[George Richardson]

I powder coated them.

George Richardson
Key Men - Keys for Classics
www.key-men.com

1957 Triumph TR3
1961 Jaguar Mark 2
1975 Triumph TR6
1997 Land Rover Discovery

On 2/21/2016 4:50 PM, alan salvatore wrote:
>
> Use epoxy primer.
>
> On Feb 21, 2016 3:55 PM, <terryrs at comcast.net 
> <mailto:terryrs at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Two or three years ago, I picked up a sandblaster from Harbor
>     Freight. Last spring, I found some glass bead, coarse and medium,
>     on sale because the bags had been opened.
>
>     Filled the tank with coarse, cranked up the air pressure, and
>     started blasting.  Nothing happened.
>
>     Reminded me of a girl I dated rather too hopefully in high
>     school.  Same as here, issue turned out to be me.
>
>     Oh well.
>
>     Finally figured out after bead refused to come out the hose, that
>     the bead was damp and clogging in the hose.  Comes from buying
>     open bags, I suspect, then leaving them most of a year in the garage.
>
>     Went to Tractor Supply Co., bought bags of dry black beauty, and
>     LO!  Caked up paint evaporated at a touch of the nozzle. Amazing
>     and fast.  What had seemed mysterious and complicated yesterday,
>     piece of cake today.
>
>     Wonder how long I can remember how I did it....
>
>     Will paint next weekend when I'm not too tired and likely sloppy.
>
>     Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>     New Hampshire
>
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