Removing rivets - Page 2

tobeamiss · 04-17-2017, 07:11 AM

Congrats! What a feeling of satisfaction!
As EC (and was probably tired of listening to me whine, thank you for your patience) can tell you, I had a heck of a time with #&*%#!! rivets! I'm just a girl, did it alone with just hand tools....a punch, cold chisel, 28oz and 4lb hammer. Yeah, talk about a workout...in the end I found the best method and each rivet took about 2 minutes. So I felt like the last two seams breezed by.
Yeah, you guys with your air tools should be ashamed LOL!!
Yes, I have a pancake compressor but didn't have the air chisel and didn't want to waste the money on renting one. Ok that's done, moving on......

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tobeamiss · 04-17-2017, 07:15 AM

Bonus: I didn't have that funky asphalt tarry shat....what I had was a very thin coat of what is probably a rust retardant. It's a coating which is thinner than a coating of paint...smoother than anything with no rust behind it. 1 point for me!

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EastCoastCB · 04-17-2017, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tobeamiss

Congrats! What a feeling of satisfaction!
As EC (and was probably tired of listening to me whine, thank you for your patience) can tell you, I had a heck of a time with #&*%#!! rivets! I'm just a girl, did it alone with just hand tools....a punch, cold chisel, 28oz and 4lb hammer. Yeah, talk about a workout...in the end I found the best method and each rivet took about 2 minutes. So I felt like the last two seams breezed by.
Yeah, you guys with your air tools should be ashamed LOL!!
Yes, I have a pancake compressor but didn't have the air chisel and didn't want to waste the money on renting one. Ok that's done, moving on......

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lol air chisel is like $10-$20. no need to rent one. But whatever gets the job done!!!!

EastCoastCB · 04-17-2017, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by tobeamiss

Bonus: I didn't have that funky asphalt tarry shat....what I had was a very thin coat of what is probably a rust retardant. It's a coating which is thinner than a coating of paint...smoother than anything with no rust behind it. 1 point for me!

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That IS a huge bonus!

That asphalt/tar was BRUTAL and had to go.