Sand blasting and protection

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Nothing of note today as got busy else ware, Rick

 

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Plate tacked in place

 

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Near side

 

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Extra corner plate OS as holes there

 

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NS you can see flash rusting due to the damp air so will need another blasting before underseal applied hopefully tomorrow, Rick

 

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Looking good:thumb2
Wish i had access to lift,would make working underneath so much easier.

 

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Finished the blasting today on the rear end, but due to the damp weather it was flash rusting before my eyes

 

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Inside the tubular X members was a lot of thick rust as you can see by the deep pitting, took a lot of effort to clear it as far as I could as angle was not the best, this is the front most one

 

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And the rear most

 

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Sprayed underseal every where including me, that area took 5 Ltrs including the axle and both rear wings inside, bound to have missed some bits so will have a good looksee tomorrow also got the tank to sort, Rick

 

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Sprayed loads into the tubes so hopefully will stop any further deteriation

 

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Black axle, attack the tank tomorrow, Rick

 

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Looking good:thumb2
Wish i had access to lift,would make working underneath so much easier.

It is not always as good as you think, due to the low roof on the workshop I have to stoop all the time and the number of times I bang my head is untrue, but at least when hot spatter drops I can jump out of the way, more head banging, Rick

 

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Went to a local pub today for a meal, told we could not enter unless we wore a mask, what the eff is going on I can eat through an effing mask cant I, need less to say we walked out and will never go there again, Rick

 

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Tank sealed and ready to paint

 

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Painted in a nice light grey floor paint, good resistance to oils and chemicals

 

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Starting to mount the lights etc, Rick

 

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Painted in a nice light grey floor paint, good resistance to oils and chemicals

Brand new again!

 

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Finished it today, back to a road going motor, still got the tow bar and tow bar electrics to sort but do not need them for the moment, I will take some more pic's tomorrow in the daylight to show the final look, Rick

 

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Been busy first chance I have had to take daylight pics OS view