From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2006 - 00:01:42 PST
Aaron
If you want to sand blast your rims, MAAS brothers in Livermore (S. Vasco &
Darrell
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W Los Positas) will do it for about $20 a rim or $50 if you want them powder
coated. I had my HMMWV rims blasted and coated with a semi-gloss black coat
then painted the out side with flat black. They came out very nice.
From: "Paul Vandervort" <pgv@mydb3.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
> Aaron
>
>
> It would be far better to have the wheels sandblasted with the tires
> removed. Most likely there will already be rust where the tire meets the
> rim. That is pretty typical of Jeep & trailer rims. If you don't do it
> now, once you remove the tire you'll wish you had. Of course there is the
> rare case where there may not be any rust there, but if your going to put
> military style tires on it, do it now. With tube type tires, a seal at the
> tire bead is of no importance other than keeping water out.
>
> The semi-gloss paint would be correct for it, that cammo job would be fine
> for a later M416, but not for an M100. Putting a coat of the semi-gloss
> would definitely help to prevent rusting in the meantime until you get
> around to it's restoration. That cammo paint is flat and will absorb
> moisture, hence rust. Remember, the original paint and stenciling may
> still exist under that cammo, so when you do start stripping it, you may
> want to take care and carefully remove the outer paint coats and see if
> you can obtain the stenciling so it can be reapplied when restored. I had
> to go through two coats of paint and several different stencil jobs to get
> down to what was put on it first.
>
> Hope that helps; ref: I just finished my M100 late last year.
>
> Paul Vandervort
> MVPA 437
> MWMVA
> INMVPA 007
>
>
> Horrocks, Aaron wrote:
>> Guys, What's the best way to go about restoring rims for an MV? I'm
>> looking at
>> the wheels on my M100, and several spares I have in the garage...
>> http://www.aaronhorrocks.com/photos/M100/M100-Aaron_Horrocks-5809-800.jp
>> g
>>
>> Should I leave the old tire on, and have the rim sandblasted, primer,
>> and painted? To leave the inside (where the rubber meets) clean and
>> smooth? (and replace the tires with MV NDT after the process)
>> Or should I take the tire off so all parts of the rim get blasted,
>> primer and painted? Being that it's a tube tire, I don't suppose getting
>> a seal on the rim is very important?
>>
>> I'm going to have most of the work done this weekend if not very early
>> next week.
>>
>>
>> Additionally, I'm considering cleaning up my M100, and putting on a coat
>> of Semi-Gloss OD #24087 for the time being to keep it clean and preserve
>> it longer until I can get all the parts to restore her correctly.
>> Currently she has a camo scheme paint job coming right out of the
>> Montana National Guard. Should I bother to maybe try to save that paint
>> job? Would it bother anyone if I did it over in solid OD? Comments
>> thoughts? I'll probably paint her this Sunday or not...
>>
>> http://www.aaronhorrocks.com/Vehicles-M100.html
>>
>>
>> Aaron Horrocks
>> Airsoft Reenactor's Group, Mopar Alley, MVCC, NRA, & Saint Jame's
>> Grenadier Member
>> 1952 M38A1 + 1952 M100 Trailer!
>> 1970 Plymouth
>> 1986 G.P. Medium
>>
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