What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

How do you prep and paint a 10 bolt, leaf springs and frame.?what is the best type of paint to use?

Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

use a wire wheel and a wire brush then spray it with tractor paint or por 15

Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

any pics of the parts ? rustoleum if you're on a budget. oven cleaner gets a lot of grease and grime off, cheap too. just don't get it on any rubber lines. not a good pic was done with rustoleum and Dupli-Color Metalcast good luck.
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Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

sanding disc on a grinder, lots of prep and cleaning and then prime the crap out of it and bed line over that, tough and looks good i think

Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

take it to a car wash and use simple green or something like that and spay it down the best part of this is you dont have to clean up the mess just drive off

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Wire wheel and Rustoleum in the quart size so you can use it with a brush. Did this on a 14 bolt and it looked great. Durable budget minded finish.

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Here is what i did it worked really really well! I used a chemical stripper ( trick i just learned is t put a bag over it to trap the chemical in keeping from evaporating)

then wiped the stripper off then right away just a wire wheel on my 4.5 grinder

here are pictures

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/bd4a5258.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/6ec5e48b.jpg


Progress
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/72a3769a.jpg


Primed with 2k epoxy primer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/fd91d15a.jpg


Single stage black

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/9edb57b1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/127_2714.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/127_2718.jpg

stripper appox $20
primer $40
paint $60

Total Cost $120

hope that help man! it was well worth it!

Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

thanks to all you guys! helped alot

Re: What is the best way to clean and paint a diff and frame?
 

Gee, now that's a classy move.