67/68/69 cuda dilemma
One of the things I have been doing is organizing the body bolt collection. I need to have enough good hardware for 2 cars. Awhile back RatrodAl sold me a bunch of body hardware super cheap. I needed it since this 69 didnt come with any.
Anyways, I have been soaking bolt lots in evaporust for 2 weeks at a clip. I put em in a container with an air tight screw on lid. Every time I go out to the shop, I shake em up. After 2 weeks I pour the evaporust in a different container for reuse, rinse the hardware thoroughly with clean water, and dump em out on my patio for a good hot bake to dry them out. Once dry, I sort them into plastic containers in order of thread size/pitch, as well as sort out the ones that aren't useable. I figure once I get this all done, then when assembly time comes I wont be dealing with cleaning rusty crap. Sandblasting does work, but cannot get all the corrosion pitting out, and surface rust will start back where theres still pitting if not cleaned all the way out. Plus I have time. Let em soak till clean. End up with a nice paintable black oxide coating on them.
One of the things I have been doing is organizing the body bolt collection. I need to have enough good hardware for 2 cars. Awhile back RatrodAl sold me a bunch of body hardware super cheap. I needed it since this 69 didnt come with any.
Anyways, I have been soaking bolt lots in evaporust for 2 weeks at a clip. I put em in a container with an air tight screw on lid. Every time I go out to the shop, I shake em up. After 2 weeks I pour the evaporust in a different container for reuse, rinse the hardware thoroughly with clean water, and dump em out on my patio for a good hot bake to dry them out. Once dry, I sort them into plastic containers in order of thread size/pitch, as well as sort out the ones that aren't useable. I figure once I get this all done, then when assembly time comes I wont be dealing with cleaning rusty crap. Sandblasting does work, but cannot get all the corrosion pitting out, and surface rust will start back where theres still pitting if not cleaned all the way out. Plus I have time. Let em soak till clean. End up with a nice paintable black oxide coating on them.