From: 52m37@charter.net
Date: Sat Apr 01 2006 - 08:20:22 PST
I seem to recall reading somewhere that if you are sandblasting rims with
the Budd lock ring the groove the ring locks into should not be blasted. Am
I dreaming this or is there some reality to this?
Hal
> From: MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:41:41 -0500
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
>
> I'd pull of the tires and tubes also - that is really the only way to do
> that job correctly. Make sure that primer is applied soon after
> blasting. The steel flashes to rust quickly after blasting. Rustoleum
> clean metal primer works well. Then top coat with your choice of paints.
>
> Dave
>
> Everette wrote:
>> I seem to remember a posting some time ago about sand blasting affecting
>> temper of steel wheels - I did not keep the information, perhaps some
>> other person recalls this, it was not HMMWV wheels, post was long enough
>> ago that these were not under discussion, it was wheels from deuce and 5
>> ton trucks
>>
>> Everette
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Ramsell" <daram@comcast.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] Restoring Rims
>>
>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> If you want to sand blast your rims, MAAS brothers in Livermore (S.
>>> Vasco & 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.
>>>
>>> Darrell
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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