Chris Jones
Member
I bought a couple late 50's early 60's fire hydrants today (legally from a nearby towns public works department). I want to clean and paint one for myself and clean and paint one to sell. A wire brush in a grinder is always one option for removing the many, many layers of paint (orange, yellow, blue, red, and white) but it's hard to get the paint out of the cast-in writing on the hydrant and even the fluting on the caps will take quite a bit of time.
Considering I want to make some money on the one I'm selling--and I mean enough to think I made a real deal--I can't afford to pay to have it sandblasted. Seems back some years ago I heard people had used oven cleaner to clean cast iron on their tractors. Does it remove paint or just grease? Any other ideas?
Considering I want to make some money on the one I'm selling--and I mean enough to think I made a real deal--I can't afford to pay to have it sandblasted. Seems back some years ago I heard people had used oven cleaner to clean cast iron on their tractors. Does it remove paint or just grease? Any other ideas?