From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 17:38:58 PDT
Hmm... haven't seen that problem yet. They are always reformulating
stuff to try and make it cheap and environmentally friendly - sometimes
at the cost of durability.
I have had good luck with the stuff that Tractor Supply sells - also if
you can find it - Valspar makes some industrial paints that are really
good. It is brand labeled by a number of other companies. Check the
labels closely - oftentimes it says made for so and so by Valspar ...
Dave
Steve & Jeanne Keith wrote:
> I have stopped using Rustoleum primer. Apparently they changed something
> and now it is not water proof even though they denied this to me. I had
> some
> primed parts outside that started to rust...
>
> I have found Ace HW primer IS water proof.
>
> I also use POR a lot now.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
>
>
>> If your rims are so rusty that blasting them will remove excess rust
>> that is holding on the lock ring....yikes!.. they should be pitched
>> anyway. Done properly blasting takes off the paint and virtually no
>> metal.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> 52m37@charter.net wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to recall reading somewhere that if you are sandblasting rims
>>> with
>>> the Budd lock ring the groove the ring locks into should not be
>>> blasted. Am
>>> I dreaming this or is there some reality to this?
>>> Hal
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
>>>> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:41:41 -0500
>>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
>>>>
>>>> I'd pull of the tires and tubes also - that is really the only way
>>>> to do
>>>> that job correctly. Make sure that primer is applied soon after
>>>> blasting. The steel flashes to rust quickly after blasting. Rustoleum
>>>> clean metal primer works well. Then top coat with your choice of
>>>> paints.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> Everette wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I seem to remember a posting some time ago about sand blasting
>>>>> affecting
>>>>> temper of steel wheels - I did not keep the information, perhaps some
>>>>> other person recalls this, it was not HMMWV wheels, post was long
>>>>> enough
>>>>> ago that these were not under discussion, it was wheels from deuce
>>>>> and 5
>>>>> ton trucks
>>>>>
>>>>> Everette
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Ramsell"
>>>>> <daram@comcast.net>
>>>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:01 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want to sand blast your rims, MAAS brothers in Livermore (S.
>>>>>> Vasco & W Los Positas) will do it for about $20 a rim or $50 if you
>>>>>> want them powder coated. I had my HMMWV rims blasted and coated with
>>>>>> a semi-gloss black coat then painted the out side with flat black.
>>>>>> They came out very nice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Darrell
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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