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10-27-2009, 04:02 AM | #1 |
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Easiest way to clean frame?
Back to work on the 72' and I'm trying to clean up the frame while I don't have a bed on it. This is not a frame off resto. But I want to throw some rustoleum roll on paint on the frame, as much as I can get to that is. Anyhow, what's the first step you guys take in getting the layer of built up dirt/roadscum off the frame? I've been just taking a paint scraper and wire brush to most of it. Using a flapper wheel for the easy to get to spots. I didn't know if there was any liquid type solution you guys used to spary on the frame first to get a head start. There is really not a lot of rust, mainly dirt. Any tips is more than welcome.
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10-27-2009, 05:52 AM | #2 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
i use a putty knife to scrape off the bigger accumulations then a few cans of easyoff oven cleaner and a good powerwashing
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10-27-2009, 05:55 AM | #3 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
don't use easy off, get the real cheap nasty oven cleaner... it works better
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10-27-2009, 08:51 AM | #4 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Powerhouse oven cleaner from the dollar store, 1 hour of patience, pressure washer, foam brushes, eastwood chassis black and rust convertor. Result is fabulous. I hit the frame with some sandpaper wiped it down with some mineral spirits applied the coating as prescribed. Forget the scraping and wire wheel time.
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10-27-2009, 09:12 AM | #5 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Ive always had good luck with Kerosene.. Soak the frame down in the morning then again in the afternoon... The next day the stuff comes off pretty easy... Works great on undercoating too..
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10-27-2009, 10:07 AM | #6 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
I have to do the same thing , but I was wondering if there's a little bit tidier way to do this - as soon as you put solvent on something, you have a big gooey mess, and my wife is not fond of those in the garage. Is it possible to scrape it, or at least keep it in a more clean-upable form?
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
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10-27-2009, 10:22 AM | #8 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
X2 - Easy Off isn't really that good. Mr. Muscle used to be my favorite for jobs like this. It was probably too strong because I think they took it off the market.
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10-27-2009, 10:24 AM | #9 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
or you can get a sandblasting attachment for a power washer
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10-27-2009, 10:29 AM | #10 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Use the trick they do in the wood shop. Put on the solvent or stripper let it sit then rub it down with sawdust, or use cat litter (cheap stuff) for some abrasive action. then wash it down and repeat.
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10-27-2009, 11:29 AM | #11 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Lay plastic down,then plywood if you can.i have old plywood for throwing under vehicles,etc.It`s so easy to clean up and the plywood can take whatever you give it.
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10-27-2009, 12:42 PM | #12 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
x 2 on this. I had to do a lot of clean-up in the garage on my frame and this keeps the floor clean and the wife happy.
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10-27-2009, 01:25 PM | #13 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Awesome advice. But my only issue is that right now the truck don't run and I can't really get it out of the drive. So no powerwashing. Any alternative to powerwashing that I can do?
Headed to the store to get over cleaner now!!!! Thanks |
10-27-2009, 01:30 PM | #14 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Be careful with the oven cleaner. It eats of EVERYTHING. It will take you frame down to bare metal in some spots. Thats all I use. Wear a respirator if you have one, it will jack up your throat.
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10-27-2009, 01:41 PM | #15 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
After you power wash the frame, power wash the drive, unless it's not paved.
I knocked a lot of crud off mine with straight water while it was still a rolling chassis. Rolled it back in the shop and started in on the drive. After I was done I needed a good rinse too. Next step now that it's down to just bare frame will be a degreaser (I like the oven cleaner suggestion) and another power wash. |
10-27-2009, 01:58 PM | #16 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
I'm an idiot. I meant I can't get it out of the garage!! Sorry!
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10-27-2009, 02:09 PM | #17 |
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10-28-2009, 12:29 AM | #18 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Doesn't oven cleaner eat up rubber hoses and such? I would be wary about using it around brake lines/ fuel lines until I could verify that it wouldn't eat through them......
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10-28-2009, 07:50 AM | #19 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
cant yoy roll the truck in an out of the garage?
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10-28-2009, 10:27 AM | #20 |
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i could just see it now....
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10-28-2009, 12:47 PM | #21 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Load it up on a trailer and do it all at the car wash at about 2 am, leave the mess for them to clean up!
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10-28-2009, 01:29 PM | #22 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Been ther done that!
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10-28-2009, 02:28 PM | #23 |
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Re: Easiest way to clean frame?
Yep, thats gonna be the plan. The back I'm getting everything with sandpaper, wirewheels, and paint stripper pads. It's not that bad. But closer to the front, oven cleaner and then push her outside.
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