With the Tricycle now gone and the cash "resting" in my bank account, I really haven't got an excuse not to complete my bike trailer's refurbishment.
I have wasted most of today; I was supposed to go out with the 3m's metal detecting, but the weather was appalling. However, this evening I have completed the rubbing down and painting a of coat of Hammerite special primer on to the mudguards.
The rust was whipped off with a twisted wire wheel fitted into my cordless angle grinder, and then the remaining glaze on the hot spray galvanising was busted with a Scotch bright abrasive pad (just like a very strong pan scourer).
Now, this is a serious bit of kit, and should only be used wth the additonal side handle fitted (OK!, OK!, I know I haven't got it fitted) and with the operator wearing full safety goggles (No problems there; I value my eyes too much!). Safety glasses are no good as odd pieces of wire wheel can fly anywhere.
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Here is a photo showng the internal section of one of the mudguards. Note; you can see the bare steel where the hot spray galvanise did not reach. Not bad condition for nine years with only a coating of Finnigans' Waxoyl to keep the mud, rain, slush, snow and road salt at bay.
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The mudguards ready to be painted with the Hammerite special primer. I have already removed all of the rust with the wire wheel in the angle grinder, and have busted the surface of the galvansie and the surface corrosion with a scotch bright abrasive pad.
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All followed with a good clean down with a rag soaked in cellulose "gun wash" thinners, so now I am ready to apply the coat of primer. Note the latex gloves ...... When I built the rowing boat last year, I learnt my lesson about the ladies not appreciating a man's hands covered with; glue, paint, rubber solution, etc.
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30 minutes later, and the primer has been applied to both the internal, and the external sections of the mudguards. I word of caution here, as I have found out to my cost that cellulose thinners will not clean Hammerite special primer from paint brushes. The brush is now written off, and has been consigned to the bin. I bought 6 brushes for 99p, so there's no major expense or loss.
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