re restoring steel ralley wheels carl rose dear mr ogilvie i had to recently restore the original rivetted wheels on my old mustang i took them to an alternator shop where a gentleman put them in his shot blaster which apparently recirculates parts through a steel medium all the rust and imperfections were removed and after painting they appreared just about perfect having chemically stripped some unblastable parts in the past i find it messy difficult to get good results and very time consuming not to mention that when you pull out the strip eeze everyone else in the house hates you personally i would repeat the above or glass bead don't sandblast as this will ruin the surface carl
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Restoring Steel Ralley Wheels
restoring steel ralley wheels everett ogilvie just read a brief article in one of the magazines about restoring ralleys they mentioned doing a chemical dip rather than sandblasting to the wheels to remove scale corrosion rust etc they failed to mention the chemical used for this dip does anyone know if bumper shops or plating shops can do this i know hcl can be used to remove plating of various types and wonder if that is what is typically used is dipping preferable to sandblasting it would seem that a dip would not mark or scar the surface and would leave the metal bright and clean everett -
Sandblasting
sandblasting tom buddie i'm curious i've been sandblasting parts including wheels since and i've never ruined the surface of anything except my fingernails did you have a bad experience with sandblasting did someone use a course grit when they should have used a fine grit i have several different grits of sand and i recirculate the sand also as sand is used repeatedly it self pulverizes into finer and finer grit i've even sandblasted over carburetors extra fine grit and i cover up some of the holes parts with great results as long as you use the right grit and buff where necessary i've found sandblasting to be cheap efficient and very effective of course the finer grits tend to take a much longer time to remove the crud i use a combination of air pressure brake parts cleaner and liquid detergent washing to assure that all of the sand is completely removed i also do engine blocks tape off the machined surfaces cylinder heads insert machine bolts in the valve guides and valves cover up the stem this way never had a problem you do have to use some sense what am i doing wrong i really am curious i keep hearing people warn about sandblasting and i don't understand why maybe you can help me avoid a major mistake in the futureComment
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