The last couple of weeks have mostly been disasembly and prep work. I have finally made some progress on re-finishing the Base:
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| Getting ready to pressure wash the Grime off |
Trying to wash off the red grime with Simple Green and my pressure washer was mostly a waste of time. Down in the motor mount area, the Red Crud just wouldn't budge. So I went to the next level of removal:
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| Harbor Freight 4-1/2" Angle grinder and knotted wire wheels. |
The knotted wire wheels did a good job removing all of the Red Crud and the old paint as well.
I was going to try to use the regular wire cup wheel for some detail work, but it suffered from the legendary Harbor Freight build quality:
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| Legendary Harbor Freight Build Quality :) |
After a couple of hours, this is what finally emerged:
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| Base after a good wire brushing with an Angle grinder |
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| Motor Section Before Cleaning - Red Crud everywhere... Uhggggg |
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| Finally, no more Red Crud :) |
This weekend I finally settled on Bejamin Moore Enamel and the matching primer. Here is the bottom with the fist coat of primer applied.
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| Base Covered in Red Oxide Primer, ready for paint. |
To be Coninued ......
