Frame restoration question?
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Mt Airy, NC
Frame restoration question?
I'm almost ready to start removing the rust from my bare frame. I know I will be able to remove the rust on the outside but does anyone have any sugestions on how to remove the rust on the inside????
Burning Brakes
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From: flemington n.j.
I sent my frame out to be dipped in a large tank of cleaning solution. This process removes rust on the inside and outside of frame. Cost was about $450.00 and the frame came out great. Not sure where you are located but the place that I used is located in Allentown PA.
Racer
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From: Denver nc
I sand blasted my frame on a rotisery, turning it to get in all the openings from different angles. I know this didn't get all the rust off but It got some and the sand in there as I turned it to get it out I blew compressed air in the holes and kept turning the frame till all the sand was out.
Then I got a pump up garden sprayer from Lowes and put a rubber hose on the end to make it longer. I stuck it in the holes and sprayed POR in the frame and turned the frame many times till it was running out the holes. I feel I got a pretty good coat of the POR on the inside.
I then cleaned up the runs on the outside and painted the outside.
Then I got a pump up garden sprayer from Lowes and put a rubber hose on the end to make it longer. I stuck it in the holes and sprayed POR in the frame and turned the frame many times till it was running out the holes. I feel I got a pretty good coat of the POR on the inside.
I then cleaned up the runs on the outside and painted the outside.
Instructor
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From: New Hartford Iowa
There is a coating process called autophoretic or autodeposition where they immerse the chassis in a vat and the coating molecules are attracted to the chassis. It is like powdercoating but in water instead of air. http://www.henkel.com/aquence-autophoretic-12623.htm The powder coater I use does this as a "primer coat" on chassis etc.
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Burning Brakes
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From: flemington n.j.
Ziebart did mine. I delivered my painted frame to them w/o any parts on it. Any overspray from the process was easily cleaned off with prepsol. Cost about $140.00 4 years ago.
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From: Crossville TN
You should be able to locate a wire brush (like a bristle end) on a flexible wire that you can run into the frame rails for knocking off the loose stuff. Then you would want to spray the inside with some rust 'neutralizer' or 'encapsulator' to convert it to an inert compound. Some of the undercoating shops might do that kind of work. If you don't plan on driving it in the rain/snow/salt 
stuff, why worry about it now?
stuff, why worry about it now?