pclausen
Veteran Member
So I got one of those 40 Lb. pressurized abrasive blasters from Harbor Freight to restore a number of implements. I have never used a sandblaster before, but it seems to work quite well (I got a 7.5HP 24 CFM compressor behind it). I'm using Black Diamond fine media (20-40 I think) from Tractor Supply.
I plan to prime and repaint my implements after removing all the rust. My question is how thorough I need to be in stripping the old paint before proceeding to the prime stage?
I'm working on a Woods RB850 blade first. Here are a couple of shots of the pieces after taking it apart:
Car dolleys are handy for moving these heavy pieces around!
I started with the blade itself, and here's what it looked like after working on one side of it. (the blasted areas on the other side is where the labels were)
And a little while later:
Should I keep going until the entire surface is completely smooth (as can be seen in the areas where there were labels), or will leaving it like this be good enough? (I do plan to hit those areas that still have solid paint). What I've done so far consumed 1 50lbs bag.
I picked up some grey sandable implement primer from Tractor Supply as well as this stuff:
For the Woods implements, I went to an auto paint store, and he was able to look up the Woods Burnt Orange in his computer and mixed me some Imron high gloss polyurethane as seen here:
So once I'm done sandblasting, I figured I'll hit everything with the Marine Clean and Prep and Ready. After that, I'm wondering if I should hit only the areas that had heavy rust with the POR15, and the rest with the Tractor Supply primer, or just hit everything with the POR15?
I was planning to brush on the Imron paint, but perhaps I would be better off picking up some thinner and using a gun?
I plan to prime and repaint my implements after removing all the rust. My question is how thorough I need to be in stripping the old paint before proceeding to the prime stage?
I'm working on a Woods RB850 blade first. Here are a couple of shots of the pieces after taking it apart:
Car dolleys are handy for moving these heavy pieces around!
I started with the blade itself, and here's what it looked like after working on one side of it. (the blasted areas on the other side is where the labels were)
And a little while later:
Should I keep going until the entire surface is completely smooth (as can be seen in the areas where there were labels), or will leaving it like this be good enough? (I do plan to hit those areas that still have solid paint). What I've done so far consumed 1 50lbs bag.
I picked up some grey sandable implement primer from Tractor Supply as well as this stuff:
For the Woods implements, I went to an auto paint store, and he was able to look up the Woods Burnt Orange in his computer and mixed me some Imron high gloss polyurethane as seen here:
So once I'm done sandblasting, I figured I'll hit everything with the Marine Clean and Prep and Ready. After that, I'm wondering if I should hit only the areas that had heavy rust with the POR15, and the rest with the Tractor Supply primer, or just hit everything with the POR15?
I was planning to brush on the Imron paint, but perhaps I would be better off picking up some thinner and using a gun?
