Dave -
Pull out the yellow pages and locate a sandblasting place near you. This is
the painless way of getting parts cleaned. The place that I patronize has
many large industrial contracts, so they don't mind helping out hobbiests
and car restorers for a fraction of what they charge their big clients.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Charles Gedraitis" <dcg@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Various stuff...catching up, mostly
> Hi all,
>
> I've been away from my email for a while (school stuff), so I'm going to
> catch up with the last few days worth of email...
>
> I normally don't get involved in list discussions, and I'm sure you'll be
> happy to know I'm going to continue that, as they don't help my car go any
> better.
>
> Dave (Stragand, to clarify) is right, the Mazda rotary engine (the
> wankle) does not have a harmonic balancer. In regards to Fluidampr's
> product, I have used the dampers they put out, and they are great-good
> service all around-don't hesitate to do business with them.
>
> The gas tank for the '55 was cleaned out and sealed inside, and a new
> sender will be needed for it-in the process of getting one.
>
> I'll be putting up a site soon with the stories and pictures of past
> restorations as well as current ones (jeez, when I say it like that, it
> sounds like cars actually DO get finished around here).
>
> And my main question/point is I'm looking for a good/cheap way to remove
> paint from car parts that have multiple layers of paint left on them. I'm
> re-doing all the parts in my engine compartment, and they have about 3
> layers of paint on them. The current (slow) method is to remove a piece,
> sand it to bare metal, prime and paint it, and put it aside. I'd like some
> way that isn't quite as time consuming-I don't mind sanding the parts
> smoothe, but if there was a better way yo get the paint off beforehand,
> I'd like to use it. So what is recommended? A sandblasting cabinet? Paint
> stripper (I'd prefer not to use anything too noxious, as my garage is
> connected to my room). Thoughts on this?
>
> ~dave, in snowy massachusetts
> '61 Newport
> '67 Kaiser M-715
> '91 Toyota Pickup
>
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