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I did partially restore my shaper ages ago. So while I am doing a heap of other things I might as well press on and sort it. First thing is paint strip ....
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Be no paint left in a few hours
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47 percent caustic soda with hot water. Nasty stuff.
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Indeed! Used to work at a place when I was a kid with huge caustic tanks.
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It was a big (8'x4'x4' ish) tank. It was black, HOT and kept circulating. Looked like treacle. I used it mainly to strip the burnt on food from large cages full of pizza huts pizza pans!
One day a load if it splashed all up the arm of my jumper. I was a 17, had no clue about anything, thought nothing of it. About 2 seconds later someone grabbed me from behind and plunged half my upper body in the water rinse tank. Said it would have took my skin off when it had got though my clothes!
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Yes its deadly to be honest. The usual ppe . Breathing mask.. chemical gloves. Eye protection ect. But used correctly its good stuff.
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Wow!
Ppe was lacking back in those days. Nearest we had to ppe was the threat of getting sacked if you were caught with a rag of trichloroethylene
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OK. Parts have been left in the chemical tank overnight and removed this morning. An hour with a brush and job done. They can sit in the sun today and I will go about cleaning the castings inside and out for paint prep.
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Made a start on cleaning the shaper head..
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Shaper head now ready for primer. Cleaned inside and out. All the holes have been polished. Threads re cut. Ways are perfect. Had enough for today.
That looks like a good volume in the bottom of that cut off IBC tank. Do you store and reuse it somehow?
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No. I syphon it out down the foul drain. Caustic is used to clean drains so it will not do any damage or harm. Its sort of a waste hence why I try to keep as many parts in the tub as I can.
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I bet you're careful sucking on that syphon pipeyou know that. Definitely avoid a gob full of that
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Shaper primer inside and out...
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I use zinc phosphate high build primer with enamel top. All hand painted
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If you get a good quality paint...a nice temperature and some good brushes you can get a nice finish
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Yep. I learnt to coach paint a couple of years ago.
I found controling temperature of the item better than controlling the temp of the paint.
Add some owatrol oil, and get it on QUICK.
