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Leaf spring renovation
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:48 pm
by youngun
Whats the best way to sort out, clean and protect the leaf springs on a morris?
I have the earlier 7 leaf type.
Cheers,
YG
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:08 pm
by Orkney
Just doing a SH pair that came from a certain wise one on here.
Strip, clean to bare metal, oxidiser/rust converter lust incase theres any pits of rust.
Flexible primer, flexible bitu based smoothrite ish kind of paint. Shed loads of work and @ fifty quid a pair new hardly seems worth it until youv got the satisfaction of making something good tat will be good for 20 years+
Sad will be the day i run out of anti submarine netting paint
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:22 pm
by Peetee
anti submarine netting paint
Nope, I've tried and tried to work that one out but your gunna have to explain it i'm afraid.
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:38 pm
by bigginger
Paint for anti submarine nets, I presume. Orkney (as in the place - and lets not get on to discussing what the name of the place actually is) had a pretty good reason for having them, and I guess didn't use it all up ;)
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:55 am
by bmcecosse
As shown yesterday on TV - Submarine X - 1 !!! Much cutting of thick wire nets with remarkably flimsy cutters!
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:59 am
by Orkney
Well this paint i have is leftovers from a job some years ago somewhere not local to here. Darned good stuff it is too - but its the waterproof flexible bit makes it great for springs.