Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2008/12/12 14:09:19

while i do use the sand blaster when i leave the hardware attached and loose, it leaves the hardware in a rough state even though it is clean. i like the hardware to have that polished look and the wire brush on my bench grinder shines the metal at the same time and the blaster does not. i use my vice grips and i don't have the flying across the room problem. while it is tedious, i just like the results better i suppose. especially on hardware that doesn't get painted like on the inside of the electric motor for the torsion unit. the mounting bolts are not painted inside...so i polish them off on the wire brush which seals them up and makes them shinny, even though noone will see them, i will know i guess and sometimes i am anal about that stuff.

while your way is good, it is just my preference to have them shinny and my steel grit leaves them clean and dull. i want clean and shinny ;0) LOL!