Recently bought a 1979 MF240 and have started to restore her.
Have been trying out my new sand blaster attachment which works really well (ordinary household Karcher pressure washer). Didn't know such a thing existed until I came across it on the net.
It's quite slow going and doesn't take off a huge area at a time but it does work. You have to wear closed in goggles as you get quite a lot of sand flying back at you and its a bit like standing in fairly heavy rain so its not a very pleasant experience but the end result is worth it.
You have to use dry sand in a bucket and it goes through it quite quickly. It took about 2 bags and 45 mins to do the radiator surround. Safer apparently than traditional sand blasting because the sand is wet, but should still be used with caution and with no kids or pets around I reckon. Instructions are not included but its a simple process. For best results the nozzle has to be close ie about an 2 or 3" from the surface and perpendicular to it...being at angle just doesn't work as well...so you have to keep yourself directly in the line of fire of both the water and the sand!
Removes paint, rust, glue etc completely and leaves a nice even matt surface which takes spray primer and gloss paint really well.
Have been trying out my new sand blaster attachment which works really well (ordinary household Karcher pressure washer). Didn't know such a thing existed until I came across it on the net.
It's quite slow going and doesn't take off a huge area at a time but it does work. You have to wear closed in goggles as you get quite a lot of sand flying back at you and its a bit like standing in fairly heavy rain so its not a very pleasant experience but the end result is worth it.
You have to use dry sand in a bucket and it goes through it quite quickly. It took about 2 bags and 45 mins to do the radiator surround. Safer apparently than traditional sand blasting because the sand is wet, but should still be used with caution and with no kids or pets around I reckon. Instructions are not included but its a simple process. For best results the nozzle has to be close ie about an 2 or 3" from the surface and perpendicular to it...being at angle just doesn't work as well...so you have to keep yourself directly in the line of fire of both the water and the sand!
Removes paint, rust, glue etc completely and leaves a nice even matt surface which takes spray primer and gloss paint really well.
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