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Question on repainting equipment

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Joe Bard

10-24-2004 16:26:39




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I was wondering how you go about repainting equipment. Do the dealerships sandblast entire machine? Or just clean it good with a pressure washer? Or a little bit of both? My backhoe is getting pretty rough looking.. some paint will clean her up nice. NOT looking to restore it. Its a working machine.




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Used to be Greg S

10-25-2004 12:10:03




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 Re: Question on repainting equipment in reply to Joe Bard, 10-24-2004 16:26:39  
Joe - Be careful no matter what you do. If you sandblast, you can warp thin sheet metal. You also can contaminate things with abrasive that you never dreamed were vulnerable. Removing individual parts, solvent cleaning them, then sandblasting is a good way to do it. If you pressure wash, be careful as well. It is quite easy to get a little too close with a little too concentrated spray pattern. This can ruin gaskets and seals. Steam cleaning is pretty efficient, but can ruin gaskets as well. No matter what you do, I would suggest wiping the whole thing with a solvent laden rag prior to painting. The sandblasting air can have oil in it, and the pressure washing is not 100% efficient. Good luck, and have fun.

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Robert In Minnesota

10-24-2004 19:50:01




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 Re: Question on repainting equipment in reply to Joe Bard, 10-24-2004 16:26:39  
We have sand blasted three of our loaders completely and primed/painted them with out any problems. BUT we have taken great care in preparation before sand blasting. If you want a like new paint job take the machine to a professionsal after looking at their work, the variation in quality of workmanship is great. If you only want to put paint on the machine, steam pressure wash it very good, that takes time, do a complete job. Then prime it with a quality primer contact your local auto paint store and use top of the line paint, since you are doing the work yourself the extra price of the top of line materials won't kill you. You will get better results. Don't think you will get done in one day, from start to finish figure 4 or 5 days including just sand blasting of one day.

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NC Wayne

10-24-2004 16:54:02




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 Re: Question on repainting equipment in reply to Joe Bard, 10-24-2004 16:26:39  
Pressure wash it good inside and out, take care of any sanding by hand/with a DA, and paint it. If you sandblast it you'll regret it. When a machine gets sandblasted the sand will get into places you'd never think it could get and I don't care much you blow and wash it off you'll never get rid of all of it. The worst thing is it tends to get into the grease in every joint on the machine and as a result you'll experience premature wear on the joints. Then you also need to pray that you had all the casing vents, etc totally sealed or any sand that found it's way inside the machine is gonna start doing the same thing to the transmission, hydraulic system, etc. Like I said if your gonna keep the machine and continue working it wash it good and paint.

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