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[woody78]

Hello all,
Ive just recieved my polly subframe mounts in the post this morning and Ive decided its time to get the thing back in but before I do so I want to give it a good clean up and a coat of paint.
Its covered in greasy dirt and I'm not to sure how to tackle it? Ive got rid of some of it with a can of GUNK degreasant but it doesn't even touch most of it!
I was going to get the whole thing sandblasted but if I can I would rather save the money by doing it myself.
And lastly when it is clean what paint do you rekon I should use? I was thinking a can of gloss black hamerite or is that a bit heavy duty?
Thanks in advance,
Tom

[antcole]

Hello all,
Ive just recieved my polly subframe mounts in the post this morning and Ive decided its time to get the thing back in but before I do so I want to give it a good clean up and a coat of paint.
Its covered in greasy dirt and I'm not to sure how to tackle it? Ive got rid of some of it with a can of GUNK degreasant but it doesn't even touch most of it!
I was going to get the whole thing sandblasted but if I can I would rather save the money by doing it myself.
And lastly when it is clean what paint do you rekon I should use? I was thinking a can of gloss black hamerite or is that a bit heavy duty?
Thanks in advance,
Tom

I thoroughly recommend making things look right before theyre bolted back in place and impossible to get all the way round....

I would buy some long gauntlet gloves, a can of jizer and some bottles of white spirit.
Get yourself some of those plastic handled, angled wire brushes (the sort sold in packs of various sizes at youre average pound shop)

The best way is to just get in there and scrub the *rubbish* off it with the wire brushes and douse it well with jizer.
If you can submerge it in the degreaser, all the better.
Try using a cut off oil drum cut down to 6 inches or so.

Once youre happy rinse it off with hot water if possible or a steam cleaner.

Let it dry and finally degrease with the white spirit.

Then give it several coats of Hammerite smooth.

Its up to you, but i prefer the smooth hammerite because of the finish.

Theres not much to suggest really, just good old effort and it will look the dogs dusters when re-assembled.

Make sure you give the areas behind the frame, on the car bodywork, a good clean and paint too and it will stand out nicely.

Hope thats of some use.
Cheers,
Ant

[edi57]

1. Get rid of the worst of the muck with an old paint brush and some white spirit/paraffin.

2. To get off all of the rust and old paint, get a twisted knot wire brush for an angle grinder and take that to your subframe. Make sure you're eyes are protected and that you're wearing old clothes as things can get mucky.

3. Go over with white spirit/paraffin again to clean up further.

4. Wipe with a clean cloth.

5. Ready to paint!

[lrostoke]

If youve got a car big enough to move it, get it off to the nearest local petrol station with a pressure washer

Give it a good blasting this will clean all the greasy gunk.

Then a stiff wire brushing to remove anything the power washer didnt get rid off.

If youve got a power washer at home, better still.