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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: cleaning/painting steel wheels
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.062251.20293@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 06:22:51 GMT
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- Jerry Sy (jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu) wrote:
- :
- : I bought a set of used steel wheels for mounting snow tires.
- : I want to get suggestions from the net as to how I can
- : clean and paint the wheels.
- :
- : will wire brushing it then spraying a can of steel wheels color
- : spray paint be sufficient ?
- :
- : thanks in advance
- : jerry
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- Jerry,
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- You might want to bead-blast or sand-blast them instead. There may be
- a place that will rent you time in a blasting cabinet, and that would clean
- it up quite nicely. Trying to do a good job with a wire brush is just a
- royal pain. The blasting time shouldn't cost you more than 5 bucks a wheel.
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
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