- Before the fun begins....
Well yes, ?scrape and clean? pretty well describes the process; ?bare metal?, however, may be a bit optimistic.
- first cleaning
As I recall it now, it went something like this.
?scrape and clean? with the usual crude implements to scoop out the major hunks of debris, Open the drain hole with pointy things.
Vacuum as much a possible with the smallest attachment I had that could fit the turret & get near the bottom.
I started with various small files that would fit, to scrape & break off any rusted, stuck & coarse bits. I had one really small & v pointy file [almost dental sized] that helped in the creases & corners. An assortment of wire brushes helped get into the vertical corners better. The files helped to smooth the sides so that sand paper could be used w/o tearing. Started w/ 80 grit, 100, 120 was about as smooth as I could go without getting obsessive.
Small brushes were used in the corners, vacuum again & blow out w/compressed air.
Flush w/alcohol [b/c it dries quicker & more thoroughly than water], brush & wipe w/clean rags until a white rag came out relatively clean. Fortunately, I did not log the time I spent in this operation, although I am reasonably certain that it was more than 12 min [& would more appropriately be measured in hours & occasional loss of rational cognition [no idea what that means, but it sounds clever]].
Brush & flush with POR-15 ?Marine Clean?.
Then ?coat? with POR-15 ?Prep-n-Ready? to [hopefully] ?convert? any rust lingering in the corners otherwise unreachable.
Finally spray copious amounts of Rust-O-Leum Rusty Metal Primer, 2 or 3 coats used here, to [again, hopefully] seal out any air/moisture attack.
- Finished, wide pic
- Finished, close-up
A Krylon ?Red Oxide? primer top coat was used over that just b/c I think it more closely resembles the ?correct? frame primer color. Opinions welcome on that, pics attached although it is understood there are diffs in camera, angles, light, screens, etc. I think that the Rust-O-Leum is more ?brown?, the Krylon more ?red?. I can only judge the ?correct? shade from the various pics seen here & other places & the remains of the coating on scattered portion of my frame.
- Rust-O-Leum Rusty Metal Primer
- Krylon "Red Oxide Primer"