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06-20-2017, 11:01 PM | #1 |
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Cleaning and painting bolts?
For cleaning bolts would you use a tumbler or electrolysis? Also did you have all your bolts painted body color or different?
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06-20-2017, 11:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
When I disassembled my truck, I kept the bolts, washers, and spacers in labeled plastic bowls. Then filled them with rust dissolver. Leave them over night, clean them up, and repaint them the way they were. After they're dry put them in labeled baggys. Doing it this way prevents memory loss. Another tip that helps is taking pictures, LOTS of pictures.
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06-20-2017, 11:15 PM | #3 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
Already keeping every thing labeled and bagged. 😄
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06-20-2017, 11:47 PM | #4 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
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Here is how I clean all of the small to medium size stuff. A little sand and an hour or two cleans just about anything. Some I paint, some I leave in sealed cans and jars until I need them then paint..... Usually flat black. LockDoc
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06-21-2017, 09:16 AM | #5 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
That's a good idea! I have that same mixer and never even thought of using it for anything other than concrete.
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06-21-2017, 12:10 AM | #6 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
If I recall correctly, the only bolts painted body color were the door hinge bolts, the bolts that hold the bed panels together, the tailgate hardware bolts along with the hardware (that may vary by year though) and the phillips head screw that holds the jack hardware in the cab corner. Most others were black phosphate. The phillips head screws in the door that hold the window components in place had what appear to be a cadmium finish.
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06-21-2017, 01:11 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
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I cleaned some of mine on the wire wheel but I soaked all in Evaporust to dissolve the rust then I sprayed with NAPA Rust Treatment. I don't think that was the best move though.......the Rust Treatment really amounts to primer and one bolt has developed some flash rust on its threads. Last edited by In The Ten Ring; 06-21-2017 at 01:16 AM. |
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06-21-2017, 08:58 AM | #8 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
On the stuff I couldn't replace with new, I used the Eastwood blackening bolt product. It works very well and looks just like the original bolt finish.
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06-21-2017, 09:25 AM | #9 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
I use the Harbor Freight 5lb Tumbler
https://www.harborfreight.com/5-lb-m...ler-67617.html With this Media: https://www.harborfreight.com/5-lb-r...dia-60542.html and a splash of 'Purple Power' The Purple Power is mildly acidic and cuts the grease and softens paint, so the media can do it's job. Some things I leave for as little as an hour. |
06-21-2017, 01:32 PM | #10 |
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Re: Cleaning and painting bolts?
I'm lucky. I have a buddy who's mostly retired and works at metal cleaning place to keep active. He cleaned my bolts for for shop beer.
Then I took them all in for cadmium plating. It's was fairly inexpensive. About $50 for an ice cream pail half filled.
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