Popular Post Willie dog Posted March 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2016 Started removing the paint off the tanker body. Got quite a way to go removing 15 layers of paint (literally ). Also found out I didn't know what pain was until a grinding disc disintegrated at 5,000 rpm and hit me straight in the crotch. 😨 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Ouch. Hope the boys are ok. 2 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 17 minutes ago, GreenGiant2 said: Ouch. Hope the boys are ok. Yeah they are. They're just afraid to hangout with me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Jeeesh.... don't do that anymore. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Thanks for the spaghetti on my monitor, gotta hurt worse than trapping it in the zipper 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 48 minutes ago, 41chevy said: Thanks for the spaghetti onain't monitor, gotta hurt worse tha n trapping it in the zipper The problem with that is you gotta come back down wth the zipper. I dont' know where the spaghetti came from. Colorful though ain't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 55 minutes ago, 41chevy said: Thanks for the spaghetti on my monitor Dinner and a show. You can't beat that! 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Did you look into sand blasting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Willie dog said: The problem with that is you gotta come back down wth the zipper. I dont' know where the spaghetti came from. Colorful though ain't it? This is the forum you can't read any posts with a mouth full of food or drink... course I expected to see a stripper 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Bigdogtrucker said: Did you look into sand blasting? I'm gOing to send it out to have the cracks and crevices blasted. I got an estimate to have done without me removing any paint myself, just to do the tank would have been $1800. The cab will be a different story though. It will be worth almost any price to get EVERYTHING stripped off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Be careful with the angle grinder. I had a cutoff wheel on mine explode. My finger was actually cut off. Just the bottom skin holding it on. And I had gloves on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZB755V8 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 That is bad.. sorry to hear that and to see it... Oh man. You going to save the finger? I had not had any wheel come apart except a little Dremel tool. What brand was that so I will never us it, Harbor Freight? I use Norton or Dewalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 They all will do it, depends on how you are using it Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Check with Soda Blasting of VA. They are out of Louisa and they specialize in coming to you to do the job. Despite the name they will use any media you want to do the job. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 It was a Cummins brand (cheap Chinese) Finger was saved. Not very usable anymore. I guess you're not supposed to take the guards off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZB755V8 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Guards, What guards do you speak of? Those things get in the way first thing and have to come off. You know all grinders work better that way. I can't find any of then there guards to put back on anyway... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-42 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Sounds like Willie dog came darn close to being neutered. The next time you pick up that grinder you'll be wearing OSHA certified PPE.....a cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 If the guards were supposed to stay on they'd be welded on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 1 hour ago, B-42 said: Sounds like Willie dog came darn close to being neutered. The next time you pick up that grinder you'll be wearing OSHA certified PPE.....a cup. Next time I'll be wearing kevlar underoos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-42 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Don't take any chances.....wear both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 I've got an old catchers mask I'm going to convert into a jock strap for future grinding jobs!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 On 13.03.2016 at 5:43 AM, Dirtymilkman said: If the guards were supposed to stay on they'd be welded on. It seems not easy to weld a steel guard to alu grinder body. I hate working unprotected but if I try grab a grinder I always find all of them with protectors ruined. Looks like my guys play Russian rullette... 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Did you consider using a chemical stripper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie dog Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 3 hours ago, MHfred said: Did you consider using a chemical stripper? I'm in the process of doing that now. I had to at least try to cut some of the layers down to make sanding/grinding a little easier. Once i get it down some it will come off much easier. In the past, after using chemical stripper and scraping the loose layers off and a good rinsing with lacquer thinner I always sand the metal with 80 grit on a D.A. sander. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I have used oven cleaner, like easy-off, to strip paint off of boats and other machinery. Works extremely well. Just keep a water hose nearby to rinse occasionally and to spray your body parts if you get it on you. You MUST wear safety glasses and rubber gloves!!! Any caustic solution will remove most paints (think lye), that is what oven cleaner is. It actually worked much better than the so called paint strippers except aircraft stripper. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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