Wanted: Sandblasting and painting

[Ben S]

I built all the racks I need for the Tenere for fuel, panniers etc and I need them sandblasting and painting. I have modified the old ones and they look like they had been painted with a brush more than once.

If anyone can do this for a carton or something It would be muchly appreciated.

[Ben S]

Surely someone has sandblaster access?

Mite have to use your baby one after all Starfish.

[potato]

go do it then benny !
that would be a carton for capt and a carton for me then

ps, i'll let you help me drink mine......
dunno bout capt

[Captain Starfish]

Lol - sorted. Went fine on the paint, but...

Potatoe - do you know if the K&S chem stripper will work on powdercoat?

Coz my pissy little garnet blaster wasn't touching it.

[potato]

Lol - sorted. Went fine on the paint, but...

Potatoe - do you know if the K&S chem stripper will work on powdercoat?

Coz my pissy little garnet blaster wasn't touching it.

just seen the results and told him to cough up for the sandblaster, oh and called him a tight wad.

[Captain Starfish]

heh heh - he's no tightwad! He had absolutely NO problem with going through a bucket of my garnet!

owait...

[potato]

heh heh - he's no tightwad! He had absolutely NO problem with going through a bucket of my garnet!

owait...

well, to be honest, i said there's 3 hrs of my time rubbing that back and looked at him....
shit benny, 80 bucks and you are fucking around driving everyware for a better deal?
oh to be single and have company petrol
he's way gunna spit the dummy when he reads the posts hehe, he's going home now ........ or mebe that elusive magic wand will appear and "poof" problem solvered

sorry benny ,lub ya but this is piss funny.

[Captain Starfish]

Oh the love is there and the garnet costs nothing, I am just joining in with the giggle.

[Ben S]

you guys are mean

I feel bad now

I have had a bad enough day as it is

aaarrrgggg

[Captain Starfish]

Yes, Ramrod.

Yes, we are.

But, if it makes you feel better:
I've now taken 20 hours off work to try and get my bikes on the road. It's saved me around $1200.

But my hourly rate is somewhat higher than a bike mechanic's.

So it's actually COST me around $400 plus the tools and the pain. And the bike ain't back together yet.

Same thing - you balk at an initial price which seems a little steep, spend days and $$$ to do it cheap and it ends up costing you more anyway.

I had no dramas with you giving it a crack on my setup or I wouldn't have offered.

But while it's got the worst of the crap off, the quality of the blast will NEVER give you a pretty paint job.

Still, it was worth a try!

[potato]

that stuff they put on those racks is tuff as nails but when it starts breaking away its a bitch to remove.
get that blaster on it bro and drop it up !

least that way with all the old crap gone you know it will last a bit longer for you.

by the way, that looks like a top notch job you've done making the rack

[Wendylee1]

if your still looking to get it sand blasted PM me, we have a sandblaster at work, he has set himself up in our back factory and is a reasonable guy
wont work for beer but is real cheap on the money front, powder coating can be taken care of as we have a contractor working out of Ozzy Park, and my sons push bike frame is being dipped in black powder coat next weekend if that on your time line.

Managing a company in the steel industry has its advantages sometimes.

[Hired_goon]

that stuff they put on those racks is tuff as nails but when it starts breaking away its a bitch to remove.
get that blaster on it bro and drop it up !

Blasters charge more for stripping powdercoat because it takes a lot longer to get it off.

Dpending what your stripping, the best and cheapest way to remove existing powdercoat is to burn it before sending it to the blaster.

That's how the speedway boys do their chassis on the speedway cars. Tis a great bonfire burning a chassis.

[potato]

its done and dry roger,
bringing it to effies this arvo for ya !

cold james boag's ta......so we can drink em