Needle scalers for paint removal?

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Ian Rawlings

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Hello all, I need to get some paint, primer and rust off some old fuel
tanks, shot blasting them would probably cost me about £80 each tank,
but I could probably get a needle scaler and compressor for less than
it'll cost me to get them blasted, would the scaler do the trick? I'm
looking for an excuse to buy toys basically ;-)

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Ian Rawlings wrote:
> Hello all, I need to get some paint, primer and rust off some old fuel
> tanks, shot blasting them would probably cost me about £80 each tank,
> but I could probably get a needle scaler and compressor for less than
> it'll cost me to get them blasted, would the scaler do the trick? I'm
> looking for an excuse to buy toys basically ;-)
>
The needle scalers I've seen would knock the hell out of the tank, and
might even rupture it. The "baby" one we have, here, like a mini air
drill, can delaminate concrete.

Steve
 
On 2006-05-09, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> The needle scalers I've seen would knock the hell out of the tank, and
> might even rupture it. The "baby" one we have, here, like a mini air
> drill, can delaminate concrete.

Ouch ;-) The ones in the Northern Tool catalogue etc are listed as
being useful for getting rust and primer off, so I'd be surprised if
they're all as powerful as yours.

Unfortunately though I've just had a shot-blast quote of £30 per tank
instead of the first quote of £80 per tank, so the toy excuse is
fading fast :-(

Then again once I've got the compresser there's lots more toys that
become justifiable...

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Ian Rawlings wrote:

> Ouch ;-) The ones in the Northern Tool catalogue etc are listed as
> being useful for getting rust and primer off

Off WHAT ? RSJ and chassis they work brilliantly.
See ? You can still get one...

Steve
 
On Tue, 9 May 2006 14:55:39 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

->Hello all, I need to get some paint, primer and rust off some old fuel
->tanks, shot blasting them would probably cost me about £80 each tank,
->but I could probably get a needle scaler and compressor for less than
->it'll cost me to get them blasted, would the scaler do the trick? I'm
->looking for an excuse to buy toys basically ;-)

Hi Ian,

All you will have is a pile of rust on the floor and a fuel tank that is
suitable only as a colander.


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Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On 2006-05-09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> All you will have is a pile of rust on the floor and a fuel tank that is
> suitable only as a colander.

That's what I'm starting with ;-)

(It's not that bad TBH)

I see you're still anoraking then, once I get the Pinzgauer back on
the road I'll have to pop along to one of your events. If you know
anyone who wants to buy a Defender 110 with engine mods and various
recon bits of drivetrain then I might be selling.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On 2006-05-09, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Off WHAT ? RSJ and chassis they work brilliantly.
> See ? You can still get one...

Unfortunately I've just had another quote for £20 per tank, so I think
that's killed the new toys plan, which is a shame..

Another day perhaps.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On Tue, 9 May 2006 18:21:18 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On 2006-05-09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> All you will have is a pile of rust on the floor and a fuel tank that is
>> suitable only as a colander.
>
>That's what I'm starting with ;-)
>
>(It's not that bad TBH)
>
>I see you're still anoraking then, once I get the Pinzgauer back on
>the road I'll have to pop along to one of your events. If you know
>anyone who wants to buy a Defender 110 with engine mods and various
>recon bits of drivetrain then I might be selling.

try Austin, might be up his street for the Transit Hybrid!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)
 

> Hello all, I need to get some paint, primer and rust off some old fuel
> tanks, shot blasting them would probably cost me about £80 each tank,
> but I could probably get a needle scaler and compressor for less than
> it'll cost me to get them blasted, would the scaler do the trick? I'm
> looking for an excuse to buy toys basically ;-)
>
Forget the needle scaler, it will destroy the tank.

In fact, forget the tank, if it is rusty enough to need blasting, then it is
too rusty to use as a fuel tank, imo.


 
On 2006-05-09, Simon Isaacs <[email protected]> wrote:

> try Austin, might be up his street for the Transit Hybrid!

I'm not having him rip my beloved Landy apart! If I can get away with
it I won't sell it, it depends on how business goes over the next few
months.

Besides, at the price I want to flog it for (close to £4k) I don't
think he'd want it just to shred the poor thing.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On 2006-05-09, SimonJ <[email protected]> wrote:

> In fact, forget the tank, if it is rusty enough to need blasting, then it is
> too rusty to use as a fuel tank, imo.

It looks like mostly surface rust, I want them back to the metal for
re-priming and painting, if they end up holed then I'd rather know now
than in a year or so's time after they've gone back in as they're a
PITA to remove. New ones cost about £400 each so I'd rather see if
they're serviceable before searching for the cash.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> On 2006-05-09, SimonJ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In fact, forget the tank, if it is rusty enough to need blasting,
>> then it is too rusty to use as a fuel tank, imo.
>
> It looks like mostly surface rust, I want them back to the metal for
> re-priming and painting, if they end up holed then I'd rather know now
> than in a year or so's time after they've gone back in as they're a
> PITA to remove. New ones cost about £400 each so I'd rather see if
> they're serviceable before searching for the cash.

101 Club get them made in stainless steel, same chap builds custom tanks if
yer interested I'm sure we can dig up the details should the need arise.

Lee


 
On 2006-05-10, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> 101 Club get them made in stainless steel, same chap builds custom tanks if
> yer interested I'm sure we can dig up the details should the need arise.

Cheers, I got them sandblasted today and they've come up looking
strong enough, so I'll just slap some primer and paint on them and
stuff them back in.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2006-05-10, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 101 Club get them made in stainless steel, same chap builds custom tanks if
>> yer interested I'm sure we can dig up the details should the need arise.
>
> Cheers, I got them sandblasted today and they've come up looking
> strong enough, so I'll just slap some primer and paint on them and
> stuff them back in.
>
Have you ever tried that POR 15 stuff, its supposed to work really well.

Steve
 
On 2006-05-10, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Have you ever tried that POR 15 stuff, its supposed to work really well.

No, not yet, I might have a crack.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Bought a sand blast gun from machine mart ( the one that has the bag to
reuse the grit , cost about 20 quid , I use play pit sand or paving
sand bout 3 quid a bag ( and use a mask ! ) took me about 10 mins to
blast a wheel back to clean metal its paid for its self very quickly
, best thing is its great on rust spots on the bulkhead I can just
blast the spot back and get it totally rust free before painting , you
can get small tubs of grit from machine mart but its very expensive

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Its not finished till the wife's says it looks crap

 
On 2006-05-11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bought a sand blast gun from machine mart

Yes, I'd like one but don't really have anywhere to use it, my back
garden is a little restrictive although I could use my next-door
neigbour's waste land out the back of the garden I suppose. Most of
the things I want cleaning now are small so I might just get a
cabinet.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On Tue, 9 May 2006 18:21:18 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

->On 2006-05-09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
->
->> All you will have is a pile of rust on the floor and a fuel tank that is
->> suitable only as a colander.
->
->That's what I'm starting with ;-)
->
->(It's not that bad TBH)
->
->I see you're still anoraking then, once I get the Pinzgauer back on
->the road I'll have to pop along to one of your events. If you know
->anyone who wants to buy a Defender 110 with engine mods and various
->recon bits of drivetrain then I might be selling.

Still playing tho not as often anymore, I think a group of us are off to Slindon
in a couple of weeks.

Can't help with the 110, not enought seats ;-)


--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On 2006-05-11, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> Still playing tho not as often anymore, I think a group of us are off to Slindon
> in a couple of weeks.

I'll join the mailing list at some point, my main machine is currently
ill while I sort out an oil leak on one of the portals, should be
fixed soon.

> Can't help with the 110, not enought seats ;-)

Throw an old sofa in the back ;-)

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> On 2006-05-10, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Have you ever tried that POR 15 stuff, its supposed to work really
>> well.
>
> No, not yet, I might have a crack.

Erm.... I think Steve had painting it on to your petrol tank in mind...


;-)

Lee


 
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