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murramor
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 10:57:52 pm » |
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Whist removing the build up of paint on the air filter pan for respraying I uncovered original yellow text. It was very unclear and my photo skills lack somewhat. Does anyone have a photo of the pan as new?
I have just finished restoring my air cleaner. I removed the paint and rust using an electric current and a caustic soda bath. (I can elaborate if anyone is interested or doesn't know of this method). I then had it powder coated and created a sticker using a free Photoshop type program and had it printed using a local sign shop. Here is the result
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murramor
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 07:01:11 am » |
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I would be very interested in your removal process if you care the explain. I spent hours stripping the paint with Nitomorse from my pan, with not perfect results. It would only go so far. In the end I finished it with many coats of primer and several top coats of satin black can spray paint. Not a bad result in the end but perfection is always the preferable aim.
Briefly for cleaning objects made of steel, I have a 55 litre plastic rubbish bin which is filled with a solution of caustic soda and water. (I don't think that the strength of the solution has to be exact - I just dissolve a small container full). I have a few steel electrodes, partially submerged and fixed to about an eighth of the circumference of the bin. I hang the object to be cleaned from a crossbar using a wire coat hanger or similar. Using a set of jumper leads, I attach the positive terminal of a car battery to the outer electrodes and the negative to the crossbar from which the part is suspended. The solution should start bubbling and over the course of an hour or two the paint should come off the object and all rust should turn black. You can adjust the strength of the reaction by varying the surface area of the positive electrodes. As long as the object being cleaned is steel, it can be left in the solution indefinitely without harm. This is a rough outline - there are much better descriptions of the process on the net. Were you able to find out whether it was LC or LG on the text. I notice you settled on LC.
I got no responses to that particular question so I just made a decision on the basis that nobody would ever know! Also could you explain why you need to make a sticker first. Would it not be possible to supply the sign shop with the image only or am I misunderstanding the process. My computer skills lack somewhat.
I explained badly - I just made a JPG file for the sign shop.
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suffolkpete
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2008, 08:57:20 pm » |
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I'd be interested in one. Your immaculately sprayed filter has spurred me on to do the same when I've done the gearbox . The text looks pretty good to me, though I'm not sure of the meaning of "EL 1958". Slightly off topic, I dug the spare filter out of my spares stock with the intention of doing it up and then swapping it with the one on the car, but I've noticed the lid has two circular patterns of holes, roughly above the carburettor barrels, which my present one doesn't have. It looks as if it was manufactured like that. Does anyone know what this is about? Left uncovered, they would allow air to be drawn in, by-passing the filter, which doesn't seem right to me.
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