Friday, 15 July 2016

ER-5 rebuild - stripping the frame



Stripping the frame

So the paint stripper didn’t work thanks to the nanny state situation. I looked into getting some DCM (Dichloromethane) the main active ingredient of paint stripper but that costs more than the stripper stuff so I thought better of it and dragged out the pressure washer and blasting media and set out cleaning the frame. I used Hammerite rust remover gel, which is stupidly expensive but does a great job. It’s a green gel that kinda sticks to vertical surfaces but you have to use a lot of the stuff. It doesn’t burn yours hand to a crisp which has got to be a plus but does turn them green if not washed off in quick time.





Around the rear suspension mounts and down in the bowls of the frame where the centre stand lives were the rustiest parts of the frame, but the steel wasn’t as bad as it first looked, which was nice.





After pissing around with the pressure washer and the green ooze from the turtles movie I set about the frame with the angle grinder and an assortment of wire wheels. I placed the frame on a collapsed cardboard box to make my life easier.





2 coats of Upol primer later…..







The sun decided to quit on me so that was it for the day.
 





A new day, time for paint me thinks 








Frame finally in the garage and on the stand. Time to crack on with the rest

The video for this adventure can be found here