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19th June 2012, 11:28 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Restoring an old wood workers bench vice
Hello all,
I have just been given an old bench vice for my newly built work benches (similar in style to this one, i'll get pictures of mine later) that is a little worse for wear. It has been outside for a number of years, and is a little rusty (only surface rust). It has also been painted over a number of times with various different colours.
What i am in the process of doing is removing all the old paint, removing the rust/dirt, etc and repainting it.
Can anyone here give me any advice on:
-best ways to remove the paint.. so far i have been using an old Stanley knife, wire brush, sandpaper, etc
-what paint to use to paint it again after i am done. I was thinking of using spray paint as I would a car - primer then a few coats of my preferred colour
-any other advice you can think of )
Thanks a tonne
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20th June 2012, 06:24 AM #2
gel paint stripper for the paint
then electrolyisis for the rust then wire brush steel wool and lots soapy water to remove the crud
dry well with a heat gun or hair dryer
prime and paint the painted parts
wax the threads and other exposed metal parts to protect them
andrew"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
(Edmund Burke 1729-1797)
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20th June 2012, 11:41 PM #3Intermediate Member
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Thanks for that. DO you have any hints on the elecrtolysis, voltage, materials, timing, etc
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20th June 2012, 11:53 PM #4.
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Here is my vice restoration thread involving electrolysis.
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After
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21st June 2012, 12:59 PM #5Intermediate Member
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Thanks for that! that is great results, and an awesome tute. Looking at the tutorial, i have only question . did you strip the paint first, or do it all with the paint on?
Also, what paint/primer did you use to get that result, and did you need to coat the handle at all, or is that straight from the bath??
Thanks
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21st June 2012, 01:29 PM #6.
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I didn't bother to strip the paint because as you can see the paint was almost already stripped. In the Sodium Carbonate bath it sort of fell off. However, next time I would remove the paint with paint stripper first.
Also, what paint/primer did you use to get that result, and did you need to coat the handle at all, or is that straight from the bath??
I did not put the handle/screw in the bath - I just cleaned/polished it up using a wire wheel on a bench grinder.
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21st June 2012, 02:08 PM #7
pwatt,
you can get wire wheels, either disc shaped for a bench grinder or cup shape for a small angle grinder. I use both these to get rid of old paint/light rust on steel whenever I am doing up old steel work (trailers, trestles, tools etc).
But electrolysis is much easier on the ears and muscles, however it can take a little while to set up and leave to "brew" and will only work on items as big as your electrolysis container.
By _far_ the best paint to use is the epoxy rust paints as BobL recommends, no need for undercoats and such. Spray if you can, but brushing is OK too. I have been using them for ages now, stuff I did 10 years ago in the workshop is still in excellent nick. I just redid my old bike last year and it came up beaut (blue gloss frame and satin black everywhere else)
Some tool pix
The hacksaw was painted more than 12 years ago (I made it when I were a lad and it was going a bit rusty!) and the grey No 4 plane (which I found in an old hangar where it had been left uncared for, for at least 20 years, 3rd to last pic) was done about the same time. Both been kicking about in tool boxes and used (obviously the plane was looked after more than the saw in that time).
Regards
SWK
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1st July 2012, 01:42 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Thanks for all your help guys.. i will be doing this over the next few week, and will keep you up to date with how it goes.
Thanks again!
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