Restoring wheels

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Dec 23, 06 4:56 pm

Just bought a pair of Daisy mags, need to get the centres blasted to get back the natural as cast finish, what should I get them blasted with and where in the london/Herts/Essex area could do it?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Dec 23, 06 5:30 pm

Blue

get a cheap hand held blast gun and use either normal sand or sharp sand, does have to be dry though.

I would try normal fine sand first, works fine on distributor bodies which are ally.

Do not breath the dust though AT ALL causes silicosis, it breaks down into a very fine dust on impact

It can be a long job but it's relatively free once you have the gun and sand

I have a ton bag here but it's a damn long job drying it this time of year, I just put a pile on cardboard in the workshop, couple of days it's cooked

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Sat Dec 23, 06 5:35 pm

If you go in any of the larger kids toy shops you can buy dry sand which is bagged for playpits etc

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Dec 23, 06 5:40 pm

Blue,Abbey blasters Whipps cross,on yer doorstep

Just seen yer avater,"where the streets have no lees"

(sorry guys,it just came out

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Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Dec 23, 06 6:23 pm

Very nice Bule, its all coming together well.

BTW, a Lee HAS been in Hertford, but due to the nature of the day I thought a photo opportunity was inappropriate....

latil · Post by **latil** » Sat Dec 23, 06 6:28 pm

I'd have ally blasted with plastic beads if poss,much less surface marking.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Dec 23, 06 6:33 pm

Blue posting in the Resto Section!

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Sat Dec 23, 06 6:50 pm

If you decide to do it yourself I've got a handheld gun you can borrow (like the cabinet guns....but not in a cabinet!!!).

I'd heard glass bead was the media of choice for ally, but having said that thiose daisy mags have quire a rough finish IIRC, so sand would probably be fine

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Dec 23, 06 7:07 pm

Thanks chaps, Gavin you're on, I'll have a go with some sand and see how I get on.

Jon Benn · Post by **Jon Benn** » Sat Dec 23, 06 8:13 pm

Blue, if you want some, I can send you a bag of glass bead.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Dec 23, 06 9:04 pm

I've got a bag of glass for a bag of sand

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Sat Dec 23, 06 9:08 pm

i had a local company do my 15x15s and found out they are magnesium , the chap used wanut shells, it left the rims good enough to poligh with a little autosol and elbow grase

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Dec 23, 06 10:03 pm

Glad to see you got some in the end Blue

vipergts · Post by **vipergts** » Sat Dec 23, 06 10:26 pm

Personally I don't think they are worth the effort Blue.

But I'll take them off your hands if you need shot.......No one likes them Daisy mags anymore

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Dec 23, 06 11:48 pm

but will they fit seem to have a big offset blue