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Old 24th June 2012, 04:02 PM
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Default Paiting the steering rack

Hi,
I cleaned my Escort steering rack to re-paint it with black Hammerite. But I discovered that it is not 100% steel : I tried with a magnet and it doesn't hold on the the gear housing which looks to be in cast aluminium (?).
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I read that non-ferrous metals need to be primed before painting with Hammerite. Is that really needed, or do you think I can paint directly the whole rack?
Second question, I'd like to have my front upright sand blasted. Do they need to be dismantled first and rolls removed, or can I make them sand blasted like that without the sand damaging the rolls ?
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Old 24th June 2012, 05:35 PM
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Car parts were normally given just a single coat of black quick drying paint. Not that this is correct but this all that they think it needs to give it a shelf life. if you want to do it by the book give it a coat of multipurpose etch primer then a top coat.

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Old 24th June 2012, 07:40 PM
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I had the hubs etc blasted to remove the rust and the sand got every where and knocked holes in the rear caps where they were rusty as I left them in one peice so as not to damage the bearing seats.
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Old 25th June 2012, 10:12 PM
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Thank you Bob, OK, I'm gonna buy some primer, it is safer I think.
flyerncle, thank you for the experience. Could you please be more specific: at the end, was it a good or a bad idea to leave them in one piece before sand blasting? Have the bearings and seats been damaged or just the caps?
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Old 26th June 2012, 08:27 PM
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Good idea in my expierience to leave them whole as no internal parts got blasted or damaged with grit and as I said the caps where in need of replacement.
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Old 29th June 2012, 11:42 AM
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Thank you for the tip Paul That is what I did, and I just come back from the sand blasting company (I'm so glad I have found one 5km from home), and the uprights are now all clean and in shiny. Now it is time to paint them black, as well as the pedal box, and to prime the steering rack.
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Old 3rd July 2012, 11:01 AM
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It was "painting workshop" in the school room this this week-end!
As I did on the Pedal-Box thread, I just end this one with pictures of the painted parts.

I had the front upright sand blasted, they needed it!

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I primed the steering rack with Hammerite primer (nice pink colour when it is not dry )

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And painted everything with glossy black Hammerite.

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As I said for the Pedal-Box, I'm not happy with the result as you can see the brush marks and Hammerite is easily dripping while drying. And I had to put 3 layers, and even more at certain places. But what is done is done

More pictures on my Blog: http://vouchtroadster.blogspot.se/20...direction.html
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