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Restoring wheels
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 4:56 pm
by Blue
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 5:30 pm
by Anonymous
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
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 5:35 pm
by charger01
If you go in any of the larger kids toy shops you can buy dry sand which is bagged for playpits etc
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 5:40 pm
by Anonymous
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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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 6:23 pm
by Pete
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....
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 6:28 pm
by latil
I'd have ally blasted with plastic beads if poss,much less surface marking.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 6:33 pm
by Kev
Blue posting in the Resto Section!
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 6:50 pm
by MrNorm
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
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 7:07 pm
by Blue
Thanks chaps, Gavin you're on, I'll have a go with some sand and see how I get on.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 8:13 pm
by Jon Benn
Blue, if you want some, I can send you a bag of glass bead.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 9:04 pm
by Kev
I've got a bag of glass for a bag of sand
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 9:08 pm
by TrevD
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
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 10:03 pm
by Anonymous
Glad to see you got some in the end Blue
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 10:26 pm
by vipergts
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
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 06 11:48 pm
by Cannonball
but will they fit seem to have a big offset blue