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Frank (VA)

04-24-2005 18:02:07

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I am probably going to pull the tin off my TO-20 and have it sandblasted and painted. I am loathe to sandblast the man part of the tractor because of sandinjection problems. Are there any strippers I can use out there?

Please don't tell my wife I am looking for strippers on the internet (HA, HA).

Also, the issue of painting the engine comes up. Is there heat resistant grey block paint out there?

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Frank (VA)

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Mike Mohrhauser

04-27-2005 16:17:06

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Re: paint prep in reply to Frank (VA), 04-24-2005 18:02:07

I just did my TO-20 this winter. I used a cup brush on the Makita. It works OK on the big open areas but I bought a needle scaler to get into the tight spots. After getting all of the hard stuff off I used mineral spirits in a spray bottle to clean off the oil and grease before painting. About the only place that you might want to use heat resistant paint is on the manifold and muffler.

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Sodbuster

04-25-2005 17:57:31

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Re: paint prep in reply to Frank (VA), 04-24-2005 18:02:07

A good paint stripper and a power nozzle attached to a water hose will usually do the trick. You will, in some areas, have to use a wire brush. Watch out and don't get the stripper on aluminum or around the distributor and rubber boots etc.. I have used the same procedure for stripping antique furniture (hardwood). Works like a champ..... ....

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gshadel

04-25-2005 09:27:27

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Re: paint prep in reply to Frank (VA), 04-24-2005 18:02:07

Frank, you can use regular 'ol tractor paint from NAPA, TSC, several other places on the whole engine, except for the exhaust manifold. Might want to use BBQ, or manifold paint on that.

Just about any liquid stripper from Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. will do the job. I've heard guys claim oven cleaner works good. I've heard guys say they made their own stripper from caustic soda(lye), which about the same thing that most oven cleaners are made-of. I found that stripper, a hand scraper, and wire wheel brush does a pretty good job on just about all the cast iron. Don't have to really worry about eating seals,gaskets, etc. If your careful, a small powerwash works good to get all the stripper residue off, try to aim it away from the distributor and other sensitive places.

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Jim W

04-24-2005 19:26:23

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Re: paint prep in reply to Frank (VA), 04-24-2005 18:02:07

I painted my TEA last year with regular car paint, including the engine. I don"t think they get hot enough to worry about but am not certain. I since learned that there is such a thing as tractor paint which is supposed to last much longer - a bodyman told me to expect maybe 8 years from the paint I put on.
I happened to have the tractor all apart so painted the pieces as I went along. Much of the the area was cleaned off using a cup brush on an angle grinder; it worked well but was a bit slow.
Jim

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Frank (VA)

04-29-2005 17:29:44

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Re: paint prep in reply to Jim W, 04-24-2005 19:26:23

Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Frank

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