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Thu May 05 2011 06:10 PM
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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Oh, one last thing - as we all know this rust is 90 yrs old and it is COMPLETELY GONE from the metal. I am getting pretty worked up about the progress!
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I guess the paint won't have any issues? I like the looks of it!!! Keep the pics coming as you go!
Looking for anything from Hoosier Pete, Platolene 500 and Red Bird.
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Ok, so what is in Molasses that eats away at rust? It does a really nice job...keep us posted
Last edited by 1970mach; Thu May 05 2011 06:36 PM.
Colin Latreille Always looking for Quality Canadian Oil & Gas & Ford Signs
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Wow.Keep us posted.Looks good Tom.
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No kidding that looks good def keep us posted
Originals only for me. Always looking for Simpson oil, Super A, and MFA oil cans and globes. Shawn Morris
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Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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I watched a few vids on youtube as well and there is a guy who restores cars in Australia who uses the molasses solution in a HUGE watering tank and he just submerges the car parts in the stuff. He says he prefers it to blasting, because the age of the metal and the aggresive nature of he blasting which can sometimes destroy some of the more fragile parts. He even took a REAL rusty (body cancer for those of us who've lived in the midwest) part and submerged it and it came out looking great, obviously - the rust holes prevented it from being useable, but you get the picture. My goal is to do my FULL resto in one garage space (strict HOA nazis prevent working on this kind of stuff outdoors) and stick to my ridiculously low budget (provided by my tightwad wife) and have a GREAT looking pump when I am done. I couldn't be more happy with the results from the molasses solution - the smell? Meh, who cares.
stay tuned...
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450 to sandblast a pump is crazy $$$$$. Looks real good so far.
Last edited by keithia; Fri May 06 2011 11:52 AM.
Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.
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Looking good ! I'll have to give that a try.
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