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Working with metal.
« on: November 10, 2011, 06:07:03 AM »
I love it, anyone else do anything with metal?

Right now I am restoring a horse trailer from the 70's or so for my mom. So far I already put new floors in it, welded and repaired all the metal of the shell, and now I will be sandblasting it for paint.

In the mean time my dremel has been getting a work out polishing all the old trim back to life. Will post pics when it's done. Some of the trim was pitted and stained so bad i thought it was trash, but a lot of work and it's coming out like new.
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Re: Working with metal.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 06:44:28 AM »
Undercoat the bottom two thirds of the interior, bottom and  as well as any "drainage" areas.  Keep wind splatter in mind.  Be sure to use the hard drying undercoating not the softer stuff.  Products similar to RhinoCoat work well.

Paint the top of the roof white.

Pull the doors and add grease zurks.  When greasing have somebody else work each door over the full range of motion.  If this is not possible use a high pressure PTFE dry lube.  Blue Works makes a good high pressure PTFE dry lube.
http://www.blueworksbrand.com/products/high-performance-ptfe-lubricant/

Are you going to use stall padding on the flooring?  If so, countersink large stainless steel bolts so that they can be easily removed for cleaning and sterilization.  Also left over stall padding is excellent on corners, doors, etc, to prevent bumps and cuts to the livestock (and you).

You probably already know this, but make sure electrical connections have a loop down on each side to act as a drip catcher, keeping rain and water away from the connection.

Finally when you are done, ride back there at speed.  Listen for noises and check breezes.  Horses are especially sensitive to this kind of thing and the last thing you want is pissed off horses every time you unload them.  They remember that stuff the next time you want them to load up again also.


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Re: Working with metal.
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 07:26:52 AM »
Some pretty good advice there I hadn't thought of. The undercoating I did with spray on herculiner. Love that stuff.

The paint they are doing to match the truck. Its that candy maroon sort of color that ford loves to use on the dualies. Have been trying to convince them to put a white on the top though. My thinking was to help with heat.
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Re: Working with metal.
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 03:23:05 PM »
White top helps quite a bit. 


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Re: Working with metal.
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 03:57:56 PM »
Any thoughts on the tounge? It needs a new one. I'm gonna have to torch this one off to replace it.
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Re: Working with metal.
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 09:57:43 PM »
Not really.  3 point?  Grease it well!