Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-29 Thread OK Don
Sears has never failed to exchange broken tools for me. Last year I exchanged a 6mm Allen wrench socket because the bit would keep falling out. I exchanged a 1/4" u-joint because it let the socket fall off if it bumped into something on it's way to the bolt head. They exchanged my 25 year old snap

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting

2008-07-29 Thread Jim Cathey
>> hit the tank with the battery charger in a wading pool. > And what will that do? Electrochemically remove all the rust. See: http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/genset.html -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list spon

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting

2008-07-29 Thread Allan Streib
"Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > hit the tank with the battery charger in a wading pool. And what will that do? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [E

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-29 Thread Tony Wirtel
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor >Freight > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Tom Hargrave wrote: >> Sears has sold products

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-29 Thread Loren Faeth
Some of the HF tools are better quality than the Snears ones were 30 years ago For example: I have Pittsburgh combination wrenches that are better made and have thinner box walls than my Crapsman metric wrenches I bought in 1972. I always theorized that snears specified them with thick box wa

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Tom Hargrave wrote: > Sears has sold products that were made overseas for a lot longer than you > realize. The hand tools, or at least most of the hand tools, are still made in USA, but the set I bought last year are not made to the same standard as the ones my dad bought in the 50's and 60's. T

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting

2008-07-28 Thread Jim Cathey
> Tried scraping, wire brushing, naval jelly, and methylene chloride > paint stripper. Nothing worked very well IMO. I've always had very good luck with a power wire brush. You can use that to blast off the paint and the big chunks, then hit the tank with the battery charger in a wading pool. --

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-28 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:59:38 -0400 Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I saw this sandplaster for $25 and thought "that's cheaper than > buying more paint stripper" so I decided to give it a try. Seems to > work very well, though the play sand I'm tried using is too wet right > now. Sho

Re: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-28 Thread Tom Hargrave
@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight Picked up a "Craftsman" sandblasting kit at Sears. Made in China. I use the quotes because certainly this would not have qualified for the Craftsman name 20 years ago. Maybe not even 10 years ago. Anyway -- I&#

[MBZ] OT: sandblasting, and Sears is the new Harbor Freight

2008-07-28 Thread Allan Streib
Picked up a "Craftsman" sandblasting kit at Sears. Made in China. I use the quotes because certainly this would not have qualified for the Craftsman name 20 years ago. Maybe not even 10 years ago. Anyway -- I'm trying to rejuvinate a rusty gas tank. The interior is good. The exterior is rusty