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C-10 Frame Cleaning???
I am cleaning my frame this week so I can paint with POR-15 next weekend. I have wire wheels. Is there any other ways to clean up the frame.... I need manual ways because I do not have access to soda blasting.... I do have a power washer...
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
oven cleaner and the power washer ... cover your eyes and all exposed skin when rinsing the oven cleaner off. buy the cheap stuff from Dollar General / Wal Mart / K-Mart ... the cheaper the better.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
These are suggestions of what I have done in the past:
* Spray degreaser all over it * Pressure clean the heck out of it * Paint thinner all over it * You could get your self a sandblaster,facemask & sandblast it right on the stands it is on as an alternative. Seen a guy doing it righ on his front yard... Repeat as neccesary!!! this is what I have done....
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
I saw a sandblasting attachment for you power washer that was supposed to work really well.
I didn't see that until after I had sandblasted my frame. It took me waaaayyyy too long to blast mine, and it was very dirty. With the power washer/sandblaster the water keeps all of the sand/dirt out of the air. I don't remember who sells this setup though. |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
You might check with your local yellow pages. I can have a frame hot-tanked at a local Galvanizing company for $150, that includes the galvanizing.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
I recently did my greasy burb frame with oven cleaner and a pressure washer, and I was totally shocked and amazed at the results.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
oven cleaner will remove paint ...
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Guys I just used two cans of oven cleaner and the frame is clean. Yes it burns if it gets on your skin but my frame is really clean... it only took about a hour... This stuff rocks. I also had a wire brush out for the heavy areas... I spent $2.00 at the 99 cent store!
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
yep!
I took a putty knife and knocked off the built up grease, then sprayed the stuff on in the sun, let it sit for 45 or so min, and blasted it. I would say 80% of the paint came off, and pretty much all of the grease. Now... being you are in a very environmently aware area... you'll want to clean up your mess. The grease and oven cleaner on the pavement will not only stain, but it will p!ss off the polution cops. Cheap stuff; (ex wife gave it to me, 3/4 full, cost, NOTHING!) ![]() Nastyness; ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 hrs later...Cleaned; ![]() ![]() Then I scrubbed it, sanded the rest of the stuff off, scuffed, cleaned and POR'd the front 1/2 of the frame ![]() Last edited by Longhorn Man; 08-03-2008 at 08:43 PM. |
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
How does the oven cleaner work on rust? Or what does work to remove rust short of sandblasting?
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Fast Etch will help your rust. http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...word=fast+etch
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
A good gas powered pressure washer is very handy and works ok on frames. Next time I am going to rent a commercial style with 3500-4000 psi. Those WILL remove the rust down to the metal.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Hey how heavy was that bare frame? Must have been a pain in the rear getting on those saw horses.
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
i don't know the weight, but it can be placed up there with one person
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Someone mentioned the sand blasting attachement for your powerwash, I strongly recommend it. I used simple Green and it worked great. I did take a putty knife and scrap the really thick stuff. After that I took a couple 3m wheels and put the final touches and it came out great.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Yes, but where can we buy the attachment??
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
I think this is the one that was mentioned on a thread some time back about blasting with a pressure washer.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...6970_8520_8520 |
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Does the oven cleaner/ pressure washer work for a rusty frame with no paint?
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Tried My New Sandblasting Attachment For Pressure Washer Today (pics) ( 1 2)
this is a thread i posted about sand blast attachment, hope to blast my frame with it in a couple weeks,havn't used it much but shovelhead's experience worries me.
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
You know I found when working with oven cleaner the longer you let it sit on the frame the best it works and even better on a hot day
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so easy a caveman can do it...
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Scrape all of the gunk off, simple green and pressure wash the rest off, pressure washer with the sandblaster attatchment. I personally don't like the idea of spraying oven cleaner on, rinsing it off with dogs and kids around the house. It's not very good for the grass either.
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Looks good at 20-ft .....
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
Students: Basic Chemistry class ala Truck Forum
Not to be a smart*ss, and I'm not a chemist, but one of the classes I DIDN'T sleep thru was high school chemistry. Because it was interesting, the way the guy taught it. Our teacher was into practical stuff - not just all about memorizing formulas. He taught about WHY stuff worked the way it does. So here goes: Oven cleaner = "lye" --- Potassium or Sodium Hydroxide That's why it's kinda-sorta bad for the kids, the dogs, grass, concrete & the environment in general. And also why it kinda itches or burns when it gets on your skin (it's a chemical burn -- eating it up & dissolving it .....). Real bad for your eyes, etc. That's why the warning labels on the cans are pretty serious-sounding. Lye + grease or oil + heat, & reaction time = "soap" (that's how grandma made lye-soap -- hog lard + lye & boil it & stir it then let what came to the top of the kettle cool & harden -- poof: gotchyer not so instant, & not so mild on the skin soap). That's how soap is made, still today. They just add a bunch of other cr*p to it to make it smell nice & be milder on your skin. Quoting Dusty_Case: "You know I found when working with oven cleaner the longer you let it sit on the frame the best it works and even better on a hot day " Yep - the reaction becomes more complete, the longer time it sits. & Yep again, the hotter it is, the faster the reaction goes --- 10 degrees centigrade increase doubles the reaction speed. Last edited by 68shortstep; 08-09-2008 at 02:13 PM. |
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Re: C-10 Frame Cleaning???
I got de smartz now
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