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I've just had my '52 Chev cab (inside and out), frame running boards, driveshaft and steering column blasted. I'd say the jury is still out on it. I'm not sure if it's the product that we want for these old girls. Where there was good solid paint it did wonders, nice shiney metal. Where there was rust, the loose stuff is gone. I'd say the whole thing now is a candidate for ZR except that there is a film on the whole thing that is apparently best removed with a mild solution of vinegar and water. I'm told that paint/primer will not adhere to the film that is existing. Anyone else tried this stuff?

For the guy that is floating that vinegar solution idea, I'd like to take him out back of the wood shed and have a little discuss. Unless the vinegar is fully and I mean FULLY rinsed off, you'll have a reaction between the vinegar and the soda creating sodium acetate which is a really pretty crystaline structure to which every paint will bond. That's the good news. The bad news is that Crystal doesn't stick to the substrate for sour owl feathers........
There has to be something out there better for neutralizing the soda residue than vinegar. I don't know what it might be, Just trying to keep your canucky toosh from getting bit. Oh, and yes, when the ZR falls off, It WILL be the paint's fault, or at least it was with the guy that had the school buses.
Sure wish you had some Prep Step to play with. If you'd like a small bag, give a holler. The Old Post Office should be functional again starting tomorrow, and I love mailing bags of white powder around.....

Bruce Palmer
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Thanks for the advice. I'm still searching for an answer here. As for the powder I'll tell the Post Office to keep an eye out for white powder from Bruce bin Palmer, I'm sure they'll be impressed.

[ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Fatfenders ]