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Red Alloy Tuff's resto. Any ideas and help much appreciated.

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rick1970:
Question ; what is aqua blasting ? just sounds like a powerfull k'archer jetwash ,can someone explain the tools and procedure please  :daumenhoch: Thanking you  :D

Threaders:
Thanks for the aqua blasting tip and info.
To be honest its not that bad. The first side took ages as I wasnt sure weather the nitromorse was gonna melt the mags, so I was doing a tiny bit at a time and letting the niromorse sit for only 5 mins. :-[
Once I realised that I was going to be ok, the second side took maybe an hour and a half ( that includes an hour with the nitromorse sitting on the paint).
The black stuff underneath is hard to shift, but if I do a segment each day, only takes 1/2 an hour and theres 5 sections all up.
I will give that co in colchester a ring see what there charges are, so thanks again for that.
I will keep you posted on my progress :daumenhoch:
By the way, I was told by the guy at the hardware store that strippers tend to be alot more mellow these days and not as harsh as they used to be (talking about paint strippers here not the female kind!!) So I wouldnt recomend using notromorse thats been sat in your dads shed for 20 years on any kind of plastic also wouldnt leave the new stuff on any longer than necassary, and make sure you wash your wheel thoroughly after too :daumenhoch:

oldskooldayz:
Buddy you are coming along really well on them so far so dont get dragged down because its a long job

i think you will be wel pleased with the outcome when done and will have the know how for future works  :daumenhoch:

Discostu:
Aqua blasting is done in a sealed tank with a window. And 2 sleeves that you put your arms into to pick up and move the item being blasted/the blast trigger gun. A high pressure water jet that is mixed with very fine glass bead. (this is so fine to the human eye it looks like dust) is sprayed over the area to be cleaned. It was a method used by the air industry to clean rotor blades so they could be inspected for impurities without losing any of the suface. With the plastic tuffs you lose a slight part of the suface. We are talking microns here. So all the lettering is still showing   But it cleans them up real nice. However the brake block rub needs to be cleaned off the rim part first as the jet struggles to remove this. You end up with a nice even colour over the wheels once they have been done. However I'm not sure how it would work on faded skyways. I would like to assume that the faded part would only be on the suface and under it would be as original. A bit like car paint work when cut back and polished. But who knows. I'm waiting for someone to aqua blast a faded set to see the results. Anyway the bloke that done mine did a small section first so you could see if the process was going to work. It was a case of shit or bust!  But mine turned out minty mint. I would defiantly recommend the process to other rad members. Hope this helps. Cheers stu.  :daumenhoch:

rick1970:

--- Quote from: discostu on September 14, 2011, 07:14 PM ---Aqua blasting is done in a sealed tank with a window. And 2 sleeves that you put your arms into to pick up and move the item being blasted/the blast trigger gun. A high pressure water jet that is mixed with very fine glass bead. (this is so fine to the human eye it looks like dust) is sprayed over the area to be cleaned. It was a method used by the air industry to clean rotor blades so they could be inspected for impurities without losing any of the suface. With the plastic tuffs you lose a slight part of the suface. We are talking microns here. So all the lettering is still showing   But it cleans them up real nice. However the brake block rub needs to be cleaned off the rim part first as the jet struggles to remove this. You end up with a nice even colour over the wheels once they have been done. However I'm not sure how it would work on faded skyways. I would like to assume that the faded part would only be on the suface and under it would be as original. A bit like car paint work when cut back and polished. But who knows. I'm waiting for someone to aqua blast a faded set to see the results. Anyway the bloke that done mine did a small section first so you could see if the process was going to work. It was a case of shit or bust!  But mine turned out minty mint. I would defiantly recommend the process to other rad members. Hope this helps. Cheers stu.  :daumenhoch:

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awsome reply stu thankyou you learn something every day  :daumenhoch:

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