tool of choice??

[twoslo4five0]

for cleaning up a frame??i dont have a sandblaster..i was using the flapper disc tonight and it was still leaving pits..im trying to get this thing as smooth as possible..im using a grider btw

stone??
wire wheel??
flapper??

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

flapper wheel on an angle grinder

 

[howdiy]

I used over cleaner, let it dry and then a wire wheel

To do small spots I just use a flapper wheel, I think 120 grit

 

[rdn2blazer]

There is a, for lack of better term, "Scotch Brite" wheel that works AWESOME for cleaning frames and things just like that from 3M, other companies make them too. I used them when cleaning my frame. There a REALLY corse hard scotch brite Black in color. You can get then in a Roloc design for an air angle grinder, or they make them on a 1/4 inch arbor, you can also get them for use in a 4 or 4 1/2 in power grinder.

They gon't grind into the metal like a flap wheel or disc will. They will cut metal or radius an edge if you work at it or hold it one one place on the edge for a moment, but if you use it right it rips off paint, rust, dirt great, and scuffs the metal well enough to go straight to cleaning with lacquir thinner to remove any left over grease from your hands, then primer and paint. I will see if I can find a pic of them and post up.

 

[rdn2blazer]

Go to 3M, under Manufacruting & Industry, click Abrasives & Sand paper. Then click Surface Conditioning Abrasives. Go down to Discs-Regular, click, then go to Clean and Strip, click there. Thats the type of discs you want to use for stripping a frame. You can go the route of paint chemical stripping but in the end you will still have to do some type of disc sanding surface prep on the entire surface before your ready to paint.

The base metal needs scuffing and cleaning before paint. You can find the stripping disc I'm talking about at just about any auto parts store with the 1/4 arbor. I used the kind for a 4 1/2 inch power grinder for the big surface areas of my frame, and in the tight areas I used my 90 deg. air angle grinder with a Roloc 2" or 3" stripping pad. the 1/4 inch arbor type used in a power drill is a slower process. Power or cordless drills dont have the RPM you need for stripping. I can take a pic of my discs and post up, I still have a few.


link

http://www.shop3m.com/61500187564.html

 

[twoslo4five0]

i ended up using a twisted wire wheel on a grinder...turned out good (and yes i know about the shakle angle)

 

[howdiy]

I just used a wire wheel today and it eats that rubber stuff off like nothing

It clogged my flapper wheel