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Old 02-10-2018, 09:14 PM   #21
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I'm sensing you're not looking forward to the labor involved in the whole floor (neither am I ). [emoji2] No, it wouldn't hurt to prep half now and half later, as long as the next thing you do is the later floor finish.
I've not seen anyone using a sand blaster...I'd think rust converter then wet blast with blend of baking soda and black beauty...I must be missing something...

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Old 02-10-2018, 09:14 PM   #22
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If you do that the second half will be better than the first half.

Am I the only one that goes to the car wash and puts the wand through the window to blast the floor clean inside at this stage. It works very well but really fogs up the windows.
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Old 02-10-2018, 09:18 PM   #23
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If you do that the second half will be better than the first half.

Am I the only one that goes to the car wash and puts the wand through the window to blast the floor clean inside at this stage. It works very well but really fogs up the windows.
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Old 02-10-2018, 11:26 PM   #24
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If you do that the second half will be better than the first half.

Am I the only one that goes to the car wash and puts the wand through the window to blast the floor clean inside at this stage. It works very well but really fogs up the windows.

I have a pressure washer and didn't see why once we're down to the bare metal box to just pressure wash it followed by a phosphate bath, rinse and paint.
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Old 02-12-2018, 03:50 PM   #25
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Rubber plywood undercoating (looked like asphalt based) then shinny aluminum. No rust!
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Old 02-14-2018, 11:16 PM   #26
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I scrubbed my floor with Simple Green, rinsed it off, and scrubbed it with Simple Green a second time. The water I rinsed away was filthy both times.

Not sure about doing half of the floor, is there any particular reason? It seems like "while you're in there" you might as well do the whole thing, right?
Because i have stuff in there like tools, air compressor etc.
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Old 02-21-2018, 02:34 PM   #27
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Is it ok to paint over this? I applied at least 4 coats of rustoleum rust converter and this wont turn black? Its not as bad as it looks but kinda looks like wet rust
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Old 02-21-2018, 04:00 PM   #28
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Is it ok to paint over this? I applied at least 4 coats of rustoleum rust converter and this wont turn black? Its not as bad as it looks but kinda looks like wet rust
I'd spend a bit more elbow grease with a wire wheel or wire brush to clean up more of the scale.
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Old 02-21-2018, 04:10 PM   #29
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I'd spend a bit more elbow grease with a wire wheel or wire brush to clean up more of the scale.
Yea that's what I did in a few spots. should I add more converter also?
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Old 02-21-2018, 05:29 PM   #30
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Yea that's what I did in a few spots. should I add more converter also?
I would spend some more time mechanically removing the heavy rust before doing anymore treatment. Even banging that area with a hammer will break some of that away.
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Old 02-21-2018, 11:13 PM   #31
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But its not heavy, it just looks like it. Cant explaint it. Gonna deal with a little more when i get back to the bus. Anyone have any experience rustoleum rust converter? What dod you guys use?
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:25 AM   #32
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But its not heavy, it just looks like it. Cant explaint it. Gonna deal with a little more when i get back to the bus. Anyone have any experience rustoleum rust converter? What dod you guys use?
Ospho is what I bought. Haven’t used it yet but from what I’ve read on the forum it works very well.
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Old 02-23-2018, 07:59 PM   #33
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Wire wheel is not dooing much more or is taking more effort than needed in my opinion. I used one of those soft grinding wheels to hit the spots that looked like they could use a little bit of touching up. Would any of you paint over whats in this pic? This is before the soft grinding wheel.. which kinda grinded to where the metal showed a little steel.

ThinkI should have went with another rust converter
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Rust always looks worse in pictures!
Here is my floor right before and right after ospho. I gave it a very good sweep and two good scrubs with simple green before the before pic.

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Old 02-23-2018, 09:03 PM   #35
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Now go over it wit a rust converter before final rust proof paint. Ospho/ PrepNEtch,etc.
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Old 03-01-2018, 01:53 PM   #36
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Can I pour leftover oil based paint back into the can with th unused?
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yes as long as it has not skinned over or has had hardener added to it.
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Old 03-25-2018, 05:29 PM   #38
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Did any of your guys' floor (the metal/steel under the plywood and or rubber) flex and pop whenever walked on in certain places? Mines is not evenly flat everywhere and has flex and pop sounds and i was just wondering if I'm the onlyone who experiences this
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Old 03-25-2018, 06:39 PM   #39
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Did any of your guys' floor (the metal/steel under the plywood and or rubber) flex and pop whenever walked on in certain places? Mines is not evenly flat everywhere and has flex and pop sounds and i was just wondering if I'm the onlyone who experiences this
It's thin sheet steel. Some flex and "popping" would simply be normal. It won't do it when covered with insulation and plywood.
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