Hopefully with new bearings it will be.Was going to do some more paint work today, but with one thing and another (read it being a nice day and being a wee bit lazy) decided to do something else instead.As all the paintwork is being done by hand, I figured that I'd do th ewheel hubs the same way too. Except the problem is that I can't see the point in taking the wheel completely apart to do that plus I didn't want to pony up money that isn't there to have the wheels rebuilt. Sooooooo the spokes were masked off near the hub to prep for spraying with primer and then with some heat resistant black paint.
Also took the wheel bearings out so they can be replaced.Was actually surprised to see that they had been replaced at one point by some sealed, on one side anyway, bearings. From the hamfisted way this once proud machine had been treated in the past, I figured the original bearings were probably still in there, beat all to hell and then some. But no, they had been replaced.
Anyway, back to the story, once the primer is sprayed and before it's painted with the black paint, some cleaning of the rims and spokes will be in order. Solvol, some steel wool and some elbow grease will be seeing pplenty of action to get these up to snuff....hopefullyThen before the painting, a film of Vaseline will be smeared on to make it easy to remove any overspray.If all works the way I want it to, should work out great.......if it doesn't, there's always Plan B....figger sommit else out!
Something you might give a try is using small brass-bristled brushes for cleaning with. I've found that sometimes steel wool will scratch things, where the brass brush won't. Noticed this particularly on chrome surfaces. A lot of times I'll use just an old terry cloth towel with polishes to prevent scratching.
ReplyDeleteGood tip HLm will give it a try if the rust gets to be a little stubborn.
ReplyDeleteAlways do the Autosol and clothe first to get it going.