BigRed350x Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 OK, I blasted the frame with dry ice today. Here's some pics. She is still not sure on what color she wants, but we are sending it out tomarrow for some new candy! Here's the frame after I removed all the unused mounts, filled engine mount holes, then blasted it with the dry ice. I love the clean look of the sub frame when you strip all that junk out of there. :happy: - Jared Quote
LiftdT4R Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Shit man, nice work. I still wanna send my frame out to you to have basically the same thing done. I'd rather not attempt it myself, and I like the idea of covering the engine mounts. Sweet! Quote
[email protected] Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 you got me excited lol . Lookin Smooth , Classic , with that refreshing look . :laugh: Keep up the good work , keep us posted on the build(s) =-D Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Posted September 29, 2006 Shit man, nice work. I still wanna send my frame out to you to have basically the same thing done. I'd rather not attempt it myself, and I like the idea of covering the engine mounts. Sweet! No problem. I think we talked about it in PM's before didn't we? I get a lot of PM's every day so its hard to keep track of who and what's going on. Hit me up in another PM. - Jared you got me excited lol . Lookin Smooth , Classic , with that refreshing look . :laugh: Keep up the good work , keep us posted on the build(s) =-D I will let you know as soon as your frame gets here. We will start out with a lot of pics of the frame then go through and decide whats going to go and what's going to stay. I've got the mounting points for the steering stem bearing figured out in my head and how I'm going to do it on yours. Then its just lots of cutting and welding after that. For anyone not familiar with dry ice blasting do some research, its a great way to strip your frame down to bare metal. No residue, nothing to clean up, safe for the environment... Its kinda rough on stuff though, if you have any weak spots in the metal it will def. show them to you! It leaves the metal with a rough finish. If you rub this frame it will feel exactly like rubbing 150grit sandpaper. Sandblasting tends to leave a smooth finish, the dry ice gives whatever you are going to spray on the frame a wonderful base to grab on to. Primer, paint, PC, rhino lining. Any of it will grab real good to a frame sprayed with dry ice. Its my new favorite way to strip stuff. Quote
CFM Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Never heard of the dry ice process, please elaborate on the process.. I'm still in the stone age with the sandblasting...... Thanks, Scott Quote
BigRed350x Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Posted September 29, 2006 (edited) Stole this from our dry ice supplier... What is Dry Ice Blasting? Dry ice blasting is the use of solid CO2 (carbon dioxide) pellets accelerated by compressed air to clean or strip industrial equipment, machinery, buildings, floors etc. of unwanted contaminates. Dry ice pellets impact the surface and expand instantly into a gaseous state hundreds of times greater than their original solid volume, creating miniature explosions on the surface being cleaned. Dry ice is -109 F, this thermal shock aids in removing many materials. Dry ice blasting has a huge benefit in protecting investments. No longer is there a need to use abrasive media blasting, rotary sanding discs, abrasive pads, scrapers etc. which remove metal and cause expensive tooling repair. If the surface was originally polished, it will still be polished after the dry ice blasting job is done. Dry ice blasting removes no metal, extending equipment and tooling life. Dry ice blasting is non abrasive, therefore masking of glass, bearings, moving metal parts etc. is not required. Many types of machines can now be cleaned in place and on line, completely eliminating the need of shutdowns for cleaning. Less downtime equals greater production time. We actually used a mix of decomposed coal grit and dry ice on this frame. The dry ice would have removed the PC that was on the frame, but would take a while. I also wanted a surface that was semi-rough so whatever I put on the frame would have something to adhere to really well. The decomposed coal makes the surface rough and the dry ice cleans all the contaminants off the frame. =) Edited September 29, 2006 by BigRed350x Quote
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