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old51fordman · 03-19-2017, 09:49 PM

Just because I see the humor in it all.

I should be aggressively moving forward on the full restoration of my 1951 barn find Mercury Sport Sedan. Yeah I know it looks great in the pictures but don't believe everything you see. Anything looks great if you take the shot from the right angle. Over 30 years of rats and bats and there is as much rust as metal.

So I sandblast.

But then there are the interruptions. My 1933 is being a bit temperamental right now and is demanding attention.

My 1915 is down getting the front wheels redone---i.e.--more sandblasting. I've got to prep the parts for the wheelwright.

To the casual observer these two cars look like they came out of a museum. Of course this group sees deeper and knows they are just cars.

In my trailer, is a pile of 1923 model "T" RUST.---hmm --I need to sandblast

The moral of the story is that, after doing the math, if I sandblast 2.5 hours every day for the rest of my life, I will actually die behind on the sandblasting that I need to do.
Why?
Because rust never sleeps.

And then I figured it out.

I am trying to prepare all the metal in my life with a Number 2 pencil eraser.
That's about the size of the sandblast tip.

I am sure glad I actually love this stuff.

03-19-2017, 09:49 PM	#1
old51fordman Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: wyoming Posts: 31	Perpetual sandblasting-or-Rust never sleeps Just because I see the humor in it all. I should be aggressively moving forward on the full restoration of my 1951 barn find Mercury Sport Sedan. Yeah I know it looks great in the pictures but don't believe everything you see. Anything looks great if you take the shot from the right angle. Over 30 years of rats and bats and there is as much rust as metal. So I sandblast. But then there are the interruptions. My 1933 is being a bit temperamental right now and is demanding attention. My 1915 is down getting the front wheels redone---i.e.--more sandblasting. I've got to prep the parts for the wheelwright. To the casual observer these two cars look like they came out of a museum. Of course this group sees deeper and knows they are just cars. In my trailer, is a pile of 1923 model "T" RUST.---hmm --I need to sandblast The moral of the story is that, after doing the math, if I sandblast 2.5 hours every day for the rest of my life, I will actually die behind on the sandblasting that I need to do. Why? Because rust never sleeps. And then I figured it out. I am trying to prepare all the metal in my life with a Number 2 pencil eraser. That's about the size of the sandblast tip. I am sure glad I actually love this stuff.