Cleaning wheel wells
In an effort to make progress on my trailer I thought I would try and clean up the wheel wells. I think there is a mixture of dirt, grease, paint and rust. I was able to clean the outside of the wheel...
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Here is the before & after of the outside. The inside is a lot tougher to clean! -Angela Sent from my iPad using Yuku app
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I'm going to spray mine with rubberized undercoating. You can get the regular or the upgraded version that supposedly helps deaden sound. I'm going with regular. This will help prevent any further...
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As the saying goes.....Rust never sleeps! Normal paint, or the spray undercoating mentioned, will not adhere to rust for very long.Scrape off all of the loose scale, clean the dirt and grime, sand it...
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There are many ways to do something like this., None are probably "wrong". I am a bit old school. I like to get RID of the rust. Not a big fan of convertors. That is just me. I know people have good...
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I remember trying to clean my wheel wells up, what a job! There was such a thick layer of tar substance that I thought the trailer must have went down a freshly tarred road. I used paint stripper/wire...
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ddub wrote:There are many ways to do something like this., None are probably "wrong". I am a bit old school. I like to get RID of the rust. Not a big fan of convertors. That is just me. I know people...
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Well it seems like sandblasting may be easiest way to go. We were going to have them sandblast the chassis so I guess I may pay someone to do the wheel wells and the chassis at the same time. The...
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Another benefit of sandblasting? Great adhesion for the paint. Just keep the metal clean after blasting. Try to handle it with clean gloves. Oils from your hands will cause rust!
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Another trick I have used to patch holes in sheet metal with great success: If you are planning to use POR15 to coat the underside and after cleaning the rust you find some small rust through holes,...
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Keep in mind, that you could make your own "new" galvanized steel inner fenders "way cheaper" than you would in paying to take them to a sandblaster, and then purchase a quart of POR 15, or a quart of...
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Keep in mind, that you could make your own "new" galvanized steel inner fenders "way cheaper" than you would in paying to take them to a sandblaster, and then purchase a quart of POR 15, or a quart of...
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DDub, If you live out in the country, you might get away with sand blasting outside with a $4.00 bag of sand and some kind of a make shift spray booth to capture the mess. In a metro area like I live...
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Powder coating;In my experience, powder coated parts look really nice when new, and continue to look great while the metal underneath rusts and rots away, at least until the failure becomes so great...
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48 Rob wrote:Powder coating; In my experience, powder coated parts look really nice when new, and continue to look great while the metal underneath rusts and rots away, at least until the failure...
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John Palmer wrote:DDub, If you live out in the country, you might get away with sand blasting outside with a $4.00 bag of sand and some kind of a make shift spray booth to capture the mess. In a metro...
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I'm glad my post resulted in some lively discussion :) Thanks for the input! I called around and the local (Sacramento, CA) said they could sandblast the chassis and wells, and prime for $250-300....
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Amcald wrote:I'm glad my post resulted in some lively discussion :) Thanks for the input! I called around and the local (Sacramento, CA) said they could sandblast the chassis and wells, and prime for...
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48 Rob wrote:Powder coating;In my experience, powder coated parts look really nice when new, and continue to look great while the metal underneath rusts and rots away, at least until the failure...
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John, Keeping the pieces clean, and good prep is of course important.The items I've had experience with were not old rusty parts, but brand new production items.Still, if they didn't care enough to do...
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Angela, The pictures you posted, are of an uncleaned, and cleaned wheel well correct?From what I can see in the pictures, the rust, if any, looks like very minor surface rust and a lot of dirt.If the...
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