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« on: July 06, 2010, 12:27:52 PM » |
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i just picked up some new to me rims that need to be cleaned up. i figured the easiest way would be to sand blast them. anybody know of a place that will do it cheap or an other way to get the rust off these things without toooo much effort. either in RI or MA near Attelboro. i called up one place and they quoted me $85 and hour. is that reasonable?  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010, 12:35:18 PM » |
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you can probably buy new rims for the cost @ 85 an hour, I think Shelton has one or access to one.
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2010, 01:20:42 PM » |
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nah, i was looking. $250 for 5. i bought these for $50. i guess Home Depot sells the gun and i have a compressor at work i might be able to use for a bit. a guy i was talking to mentioned playground sand can be used so for 20 bucks i might go that route i just didn't want to have to be picking sand out of every crack  |
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2010, 01:30:10 PM » |
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Will the rims be used off-road? If so you can use a twisted wire wheel with a drill, rust converter, paint, and your good to go.
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2010, 01:52:12 PM » |
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If you do end up sandblasting them figure the cost of a resperator and safty goggles. Also I have used the out door type blasters you will want to get a piece of window screen to filter all the biger piece of sand/rocks so you don't jam the nozzle
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2010, 01:53:46 PM » |
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Will the rims be used off-road? If so you can use a twisted wire wheel with a drill, rust converter, paint, and your good to go.
ya, just off-road. i was thinking about wire wheeling them but after looking at them yesterday, it just looked like more work than i wanted to do. the backside of the rims are pretty bad. plus in addition to this i have a couple axles i need to rip apart and this heat does nothing for motivation. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2010, 01:57:25 PM » |
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If you do end up sandblasting them figure the cost of a resperator and safty goggles. Also I have used the out door type blasters you will want to get a piece of window screen to filter all the biger piece of sand/rocks so you don't jam the nozzle
i have a piece of plexi i was just going to make myself a riot shield, along with some goggles, gloves and cheap face mask i'll give it a shot. thanks for the advice on the screen |
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2010, 02:03:39 PM » |
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are those 5x5.f cj wheels?
I just got a set that are in much better shape that I would sell ya but you need 5x4.5 right?
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2010, 02:07:47 PM » |
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are those 5x5.f cj wheels?
I just got a set that are in much better shape that I would sell ya but you need 5x4.5 right?
ya, i needed the 5x4.5's pain in the ass to find these things used |
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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2010, 06:37:18 PM » |
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there is a place in tewksbury that does alot of frames and auto stuff that is pretty reasonable, I forget the name of the shop I will check the rolodex tommorow but they did 3 corvette bodys for us and i remember they were the most reasonable around.
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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2010, 07:30:15 PM » |
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there is a place in tewksbury that does alot of frames and auto stuff that is pretty reasonable, I forget the name of the shop I will check the rolodex tommorow but they did 3 corvette bodys for us and i remember they were the most reasonable around.
prep rite...woburn st tewksbury http://www.preprite.com/i had some stuff done 100years ago and they did a great job! |
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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2010, 07:31:40 PM » |
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I have have used Prep-Rite in Tewksbury. They can do anything to a full dump truck to wheels. But for the price of sandblasting you can get a new set of steel wheels.
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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2010, 07:46:47 PM » |
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But for the price of sandblasting you can get a new set of steel wheels.
exactly. i'll try to give it a shot myself. they dont have to look good. i just want to clean them up a bit and keep them from rusting out |
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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2010, 08:53:19 PM » |
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Time is money. I would not think twice about paying somebody to sandblast them and I wager that after about 15 minutes of dicking around with a wire wheel or grinder you will feel the same way.
And those cheesy suction type sandblasters are USELESS. You'd be better off with a wire wheel.
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 09:22:45 PM » |
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Time is money. I would not think twice about paying somebody to sandblast them and I wager that after about 15 minutes of dicking around with a wire wheel or grinder you will feel the same way.
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