Depressing...but onwards and upwards..!

[pvr]

The argument we always have on Porsche related discussions why some people like me won't drive their car over winter with salt. Road salt (or sea salt for that matter) will do something like that.

 

[john-e89]

The exhaust clamps have been known to be a weak point with corrosion ... cheaper to pay the £20 or so quid on fleabay for a stainless steel set rather than have them drop off on the road

Looks pretty clean under yours Jembo...!

 

[john-e89]

That doesn’t look that bad underneath, nothing that can’t be made shiny again especially with what you’ve got tucked away in that man cave extraordinaire

Yes we'll get it dealt with Sars, but it’s a pretty nasty sight when you’re a concours fan weirdo....!

 

[inkey$]

What a project, This is going to be an interesting thread. Best of luck and I’m sure you’ll get her looking lovely

 

[john-e89]

What a project, This is going to be an interesting thread. Best of luck and I’m sure you’ll get her looking lovely

Thanks very much Inkey$...quite looking forward to it tbh.

 

[Mr Tidy]

That does look pretty scarey John!

But at least you've got the space and equipment to sort it out properly, so I hope you enjoy your project.

 

[Thrustyjust]

Crikey that's had to many days at the seaside in its life. But looking like it is all removable and replace/ treatable, especially with that awesome man cave you have. The floors look mint thought, which would be harder to repair than unboltable stuff.
Just going out in the garage to turn the humidifier up a bit more here

 

[mr.tourette]

not sure if ive missed a post somewhere but what is this new business venture John? heard you mention it many times now but not entirely sure what it exactly is

 

[Justino]

That's just generally just surface corrosion, the only really nasty but are the track control arms.

I would say most of that is from driving on salted roads. Parked up if outside you will get condensation forming and corrosion, and also inside a garage if its not aired or heated, but not to that extent.

Most of this could be prevented by spraying the underside annually with ACF50. I have a bottle and an aerosol. It comes out slightly thick, so I am trying to work out the best way of applying a thin layer. I think a small air gun would work.

To remove light rust you can spray with an acid - the type used to remove salts from bricks, Phosphoric acid I think from memory, but its not that strong that when I used on bricks without gloves, it didn't sting, so fairly mild. I discovered this by accident as the overspray when applying to bricks removed the rust on some metal fixtures on the wall. I'm planning to spray the various bolts that hold the under shields with the HG stuff I have and then coat in ACF50. Its probably the same stuff you buy for rust removal, and I will buy some of the generic acid and dilute once I run out.

I'm now wondering if I have enough head height to get one of those scissor lifts!

 

[Z4M-2006]

That an ex scottish car John?

We see a few like that..

All sortable though...... Get stuff enamelled,nicer than powder coat.

 

[Bottom]

That's not too bad, says a former MX5 owner

 

[john-e89]

not sure if ive missed a post somewhere but what is this new business venture John? heard you mention it many times now but not entirely sure what it exactly is

I’ll be doing vapour and soda blasting Steve. Vapour is wet blasting using glass beads and water at very high pressure, the beauty of this is its very gentle and won’t pit soft aluminium, you can clean cylinder heads and crank journals with it, it brings them up like new. The soda blasting cabinet is dry, the soda is so much softer than sand and again won’t pit soft metals, it’s just like icing sugar, so you can blast carburettors, ally parts, brass, copper, pretty much anything for the classic car, bike , boat, plane, agriculture market etc, etc. Lastly I have a mobile twin tank system, you can blast whole chassis with it, say a TVR Griff chassis, the beauty is you can blend in a harder blasting medium in the other tank if soda is not quite harsh enough. The soda is perfect for stripping paint from panels as well because traditionally sand blasting created heat that warped the panels but soda is so gentle it blasts cold, no distortion at all. It’s perfect for walnut blasting as well so I can blast a cylinder head ports then put it in the vapour cabinet and get it back to as new. It’s a leap into the unknown really but I think there’s a pretty big market as basically I can do anything from a rusty gate up to crank journals on an engine.

 

[john-e89]

That an ex scottish car John?

We see a few like that..

All sortable though...... Get stuff enamelled,nicer than powder coat.

It’s a northern car but not Scottish Gaz, just two owners, the first an RAF rescue pilot so maybe it spent some time near the coast.

 

[mr.tourette]

not sure if ive missed a post somewhere but what is this new business venture John? heard you mention it many times now but not entirely sure what it exactly is

I’ll be doing vapour and soda blasting Steve. Vapour is wet blasting using glass beads and water at very high pressure, the beauty of this is its very gentle and won’t pit soft aluminium, you can clean cylinder heads and crank journals with it, it brings them up like new. The soda blasting cabinet is dry, the soda is so much softer than sand and again won’t pit soft metals, it’s just like icing sugar, so you can blast carburettors, ally parts, brass, copper, pretty much anything for the classic car, bike , boat, plane, agriculture market etc, etc. Lastly I have a mobile twin tank system, you can blast whole chassis with it, say a TVR Griff chassis, the beauty is you can blend in a harder blasting medium in the other tank if soda is not quite harsh enough. The soda is perfect for stripping paint from panels as well because traditionally sand blasting created heat that warped the panels but soda is so gentle it blasts cold, no distortion at all. It’s perfect for walnut blasting as well so I can blast a cylinder head ports then put it in the vapour cabinet and get it back to as new. It’s a leap into the unknown really but I think there’s a pretty big market as basically I can do anything from a rusty gate up to crank journals on an engine.

Sounds like quite the venture.. good luck with it all mate

 

[john-e89]

not sure if ive missed a post somewhere but what is this new business venture John? heard you mention it many times now but not entirely sure what it exactly is

I’ll be doing vapour and soda blasting Steve. Vapour is wet blasting using glass beads and water at very high pressure, the beauty of this is its very gentle and won’t pit soft aluminium, you can clean cylinder heads and crank journals with it, it brings them up like new. The soda blasting cabinet is dry, the soda is so much softer than sand and again won’t pit soft metals, it’s just like icing sugar, so you can blast carburettors, ally parts, brass, copper, pretty much anything for the classic car, bike , boat, plane, agriculture market etc, etc. Lastly I have a mobile twin tank system, you can blast whole chassis with it, say a TVR Griff chassis, the beauty is you can blend in a harder blasting medium in the other tank if soda is not quite harsh enough. The soda is perfect for stripping paint from panels as well because traditionally sand blasting created heat that warped the panels but soda is so gentle it blasts cold, no distortion at all. It’s perfect for walnut blasting as well so I can blast a cylinder head ports then put it in the vapour cabinet and get it back to as new. It’s a leap into the unknown really but I think there’s a pretty big market as basically I can do anything from a rusty gate up to crank journals on an engine.

Sounds like quite the venture.. good luck with it all mate

When the mobile car lift arrives I’m £40k in this venture Steve so...... :lol:

 

[Simon 3.2M]

That an ex scottish car John?

We see a few like that..

All sortable though...... Get stuff enamelled,nicer than powder coat.

It’s a northern car but not Scottish Gaz, just two owners, the first an RAF rescue pilot so maybe it spent some time near the coast.

Those pesky SAR pilots!!!

 

[john-e89]

That an ex scottish car John?

We see a few like that..

All sortable though...... Get stuff enamelled,nicer than powder coat.

It’s a northern car but not Scottish Gaz, just two owners, the first an RAF rescue pilot so maybe it spent some time near the coast.

Those pesky SAR pilots!!!

No way...!!

SERIOUS career envy....!!

 

[Darren Slone]

Best of luck John, if I know you it’ll be a proper top end job 8)

 

[Z4M-2006]

I’ll be doing vapour and soda blasting Steve. Vapour is wet blasting using glass beads and water at very high pressure, the beauty of this is its very gentle and won’t pit soft aluminium, you can clean cylinder heads and crank journals with it, it brings them up like new. The soda blasting cabinet is dry, the soda is so much softer than sand and again won’t pit soft metals, it’s just like icing sugar, so you can blast carburettors, ally parts, brass, copper, pretty much anything for the classic car, bike , boat, plane, agriculture market etc, etc. Lastly I have a mobile twin tank system, you can blast whole chassis with it, say a TVR Griff chassis, the beauty is you can blend in a harder blasting medium in the other tank if soda is not quite harsh enough. The soda is perfect for stripping paint from panels as well because traditionally sand blasting created heat that warped the panels but soda is so gentle it blasts cold, no distortion at all. It’s perfect for walnut blasting as well so I can blast a cylinder head ports then put it in the vapour cabinet and get it back to as new. It’s a leap into the unknown really but I think there’s a pretty big market as basically I can do anything from a rusty gate up to crank journals on an engine.

Sounds like quite the venture.. good luck with it all mate

When the mobile car lift arrives I’m £40k in this venture Steve so...... :lol:

Are you just offering the various media blasting John or a finished coating too ?

 

[john-e89]

Sounds like quite the venture.. good luck with it all mate

When the mobile car lift arrives I’m £40k in this venture Steve so...... :lol:

Are you just offering the various media blasting John or a finished coating too ?

I’ll have to get into painting Gaz, enamel usually like you mentioned. For now if subframes etc, want powder coating I’ll farm that out, depends how much work I get for it will determine if I put a powder coating booth in, but I’ll be offering painting straight away, plus bush replacement so I send back a fully finished subframe.