| gwyn price |
Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:08 pm |
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So this bus sat in the desert from 63 till 2005! The rockers and frame and every nook and cranny are full of a real fine sand- fully packed in there!!
What would be the best way to get it all out and rust proof these hard to reach areas?
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| djkeev |
Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:17 am |
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Hi,
# 1 NO WATER !!!
Don't get it wet, sand holds moisture (unless its in your garden where you want moisture to stay......go figure) moisture = rust.
I'd first vacuum out every speck I could find and get a small wand. You can take a piece of copper pipe, mash it flat and duct tape it to the end of your shop vac nozzle. You can make all sorts of shapes and sizes to get almost anywhere. Various diameters of copper will give you a wand assortment. If you can solder make a quick change assembly by taping a 1" female fitting to the wand and then solder a reducer fitting, 1" to 3/4 or 1 - 1/2 or 1 - 1/4 to smaller pipes and just slip them onto the 1" female fitting as needed.
Next compressed air, a LOT of compressed air at fairly high pressures. Get goggles and blow out every grain of sand. Get some "dental" tools and pick out the stubborn stuck ones that won't budge.
Even after days of this, you won't get it all. That is a major problem with sandblasting. Sand stays behind no matter what you do..
Flush our the tubes for the accelerator and brakes extremely well. After flushing and blowing I'd fish some cotton string through or small diameter rope and pull 50 feet or make through it like a giant pipe cleaner to remove every last grain. You might consider soaking the rope in an oil or solvent before hand so it is "sticky" and will grasp the grains. If you don't it will sound horrible and prematurely wear out your cables.
Fill the tube with bulk WD 40 and then blow it out quickly thus flusing out any remaining grit.
When you paint, get it into every crack and seam to seal in any remaining sand so it cannot hold moisture at all. Some seams will most likely require some quality seam sealer as well.
Good Luck
Dave |
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| gwyn price |
Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:46 am |
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| Thanks for the info! Ive got a hot dusty few days ahead of me then!! |
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| Foxx |
Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:45 am |
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djkeev wrote:
Next compressed air, a LOT of compressed air at fairly high pressures. Get goggles and blow out every grain of sand. Get some "dental" tools and pick out the stubborn stuck ones that won't budge.
use a face mask also when dealing with air born sand.
you do NOT want to breath that in.
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