I worked on a lot of things yesterday and I was productive. A guy came to pick up the giant roto caster that I had. I had gotten up early to get it staged and set up for loading on his trailer. I took the giant arm off so we can load things easier. I'm glad I got up early as it started pouring rain by the time he got there around 10:45am. We got it loaded in the rain though and we got him strapped down and back on the road. I worked on the computer some, doing some school work and making some blog posts while I 3D printed some casting patterns for a project I'm working on. Then the sun popped out and I finished grinding down the land rover frame, soaked it on phosphoric acid and then loaded it in the truck to power wash again. Then I rigged up a makeshift paint booth under my 4 post lift. I dried everything off and then decided to go ahead and through some paint on it.
It was hard to decide how much to clean this up before painting. The welds on these frames are unsightly but it's just the way they were made. If you grind the original welds down then the there's nothing holding it together. I guess they were seen as utilitarian objects and time dressing the welds was not a priority. I didn't do much better than them with my rear crossmember and I feel like some of that is supposed to show through to match what's there already. I did take care of some of the original weld spatter, and just did a quick once over on it before getting it covered. I think 'm going to put another coat or two on it later today. Over all I'm pleased and ready to get the axle housings and leaf spring panted and bolted back on to I can roll this thing around.
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