richhodg66
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Not firearms related, but it's for a Veterans Day ceremony and I know we have some smart dudes on here so please bear with me.
I procured a large school bell, made of cast iron, pretty sure it's 100 years old or more. It's in pretty good shape, but has some surface rust and there are several pretty large pits in it which I am sure from looking at it were casting flaws present the day it was made.
What should I fill those pits with? I would imagine the vibration of something like a bell would break loose most kinds of things like Bondo, etc?
Rust isn't too bad, but how best to prep it for paint? I was thinking about carefully using an angle grinder with a wire wheel, but would some kind of chemical work better? I've had good luck with evaporust, but the base of this is probably 18" across so it would take a big receptacle full of it. Will these Rustoleum type primers actually stop rust like they say?
This will be in a high school gym and won't really have to withstand close visual scrutiny, but I want it to look good. Any thoughts are appreciated.
The fixture it hangs in was designed to be bolted to a 6x6 post it looks like, so the next issue will be making a mount that's portable.
I procured a large school bell, made of cast iron, pretty sure it's 100 years old or more. It's in pretty good shape, but has some surface rust and there are several pretty large pits in it which I am sure from looking at it were casting flaws present the day it was made.
What should I fill those pits with? I would imagine the vibration of something like a bell would break loose most kinds of things like Bondo, etc?
Rust isn't too bad, but how best to prep it for paint? I was thinking about carefully using an angle grinder with a wire wheel, but would some kind of chemical work better? I've had good luck with evaporust, but the base of this is probably 18" across so it would take a big receptacle full of it. Will these Rustoleum type primers actually stop rust like they say?
This will be in a high school gym and won't really have to withstand close visual scrutiny, but I want it to look good. Any thoughts are appreciated.
The fixture it hangs in was designed to be bolted to a 6x6 post it looks like, so the next issue will be making a mount that's portable.