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Alberta Farmall

09-19-2004 20:03:41

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I'm right in the middle of a restoration of a Farmall A that was covered in rust, 3 layer of paint, and greese, greese, greese. I've received some good advice on how to get this project complete but want to get this totally straight!!!

Some say to hot dip all greese covered parts, then assemble, and then sand blast once the unit is sealed back up. Then hit it with an etching primer within a couple of days to seal up all the new bare metal.

I've also had the advice to hot dip and then sand blast, clean, reassemble, de-greese and then paint.

I'm open to all the advice that I can get but I would like to do this once and not have the paint flaking off in a year. Thanks.

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CNKS

09-20-2004 18:14:04

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Re: From the Ground up!! in reply to Alberta Farmall A, 09-19-2004 20:03:41

I haven't heard of hot dipping -- if you have access to a hot water pressure washer, or a steam cleaner, that is the way to go. I use oven cleaner, chemical stripping, a small pressure washer, and wire brushing, followed by scrubbing with wax and grease remover. The small parts (I assume the ones you intend to dip) are not a problem, the cast engine block, torque tube, and rear housing are, at least for me. I like for the last rag to come away clean--that takes a long time. If you are able to steam clean again as a final step after you have wire brushed (I can't) then you will get it cleaner. The major castings are VERY hard to get squeaky clean, but I do the best I can. I don't have a sandblaster, but the consensus is that if you use one, you better have all openings that will allow sand in bearings, etc, closed.

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