Re: Lead Paint and Old Tractors

Posted by Mark on March 16, 2000 at 09:58:09 from (207.127.228.14):

In Reply to: Lead Paint and Old Tractors posted by Mike on March 14, 2000 at 14:08:29:

Mike,
I have the same tractor and plan on doing the same this summer, mine has the original paint plus at least two additional brush on coats added. I did a 8n a while back simply sandblasting and making a beach out of the back yard, you need at least a 5 hp compressor to keep up with a relatively small sand blaster. If you do blast I would block up the tractor on blocks, and lay down three to four blue poly tarps, to catch the sand, blast for an hour or two pull up the tarps and dump into a barrel to dispose of in a safe manner. You can set up a back drop with a couple of pieces of plywood. You definately need a respirator, heavy gloves and a full face mask works well, don't depend on eyeglasses as you will sand pit them forever. If you do blast use the heavy black oxide for the cast iron, and the lighter silica sand for the sheet metal at a lower pressure, do not bother with beach sand as it is not screened and tends to clog up. This time around I plan on attacking the tractor cast iron first with one of the citric based paint removers,and a high pressure washer, along with a stiff wire cup brush on a 4.5" angle grinder. I will probably blast the hood and fenders. I worked as a commercial sand blaster for a building restoration service and will tell you it is not all that fun. The effort is worth it, just plan on this as a good part time job for two weeks or so. This time before painting I plan on trying the pressure washer with the prep solution for painting aluminum siding to clean up the citric acid paint remover, don't know if it is needed but that only another hours work.
Good Luck

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