You can get a low-production sandblaster pretty cheap. You will need a
compressor. Look here and type in "blaster" in the keyword search.

http://www.harborfreight.com/

Check with someone for the right media. I've heard of people using walnut
shells and dried corn cob pieces that they bought commercially for that purpose.

Dan


Gary Warner wrote:

"QLW" wrote:


Don't paint it!!! Galvanize it.
I pay around $38 per 100 lbs for galvanizing so most trailers can be
done for $300 to $400.


If we do galvanize I'd really like to do the color galvy. That grey just
looks so bla...and we've spent so much effort trying to make the
boat look good. Yea, you don't see the trailer when the boat is
in the water, but sometimes we might take her to an old-wooden
boat show and have her on the trailer. You have any experience
with color-galvy or cost?

I don't know anything about sand blasting. Our steel is all new
and we've oiled it (WD-40) to prevent rust, but I'd think maybe
we should sand blast it before painting/galvanizing. Can one
rent a sand blasting setup or is it just as easy to have the
paint/galv shop do it?




BTW, I can't believe that your axles weigh 200 lbs. each.

You may be right. My Dad weighed them and I'm not sure if maybe
he had the tires & hubs on and I'm not 100% certain of the weight
number he told me. I'm gonna go back down and weigh them later
today.



Ospho is a somewhat less effective
alternative to sandblasting but FOR SURE do not just paint over mill

scale.

Um, what is "Ospho" and what is "mill scale"? I assume mill scale just
means
the steel as it came from the mill ??


Thanks *very much* for taking time with this.
Gary