Prepping a drum for a UDS

A little chilly to be prepping a drum..maybe 5 or so outside but I had no choice. I'm doing this for a work raffle and it had to get done.

Step 1 was burning it with a harbor freight warming torch until it had a white appearance, next I used a angle grinder with a wire wheel. Lastly was several wipe downs with low odor mineral spirits.

This is the next best thing to sand blasting IMO. Oh a big thanks to Diesel Dave for donating the drum, it was filled with solid ice and buried in ice...but again the Harbor Freight torch to the rescue!

jbounds286 said:

for all that...id pay to sandblast...........but then again....im all for paying the locals to do the work for me lol

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Josh just admit you're lazy..lmao :heh: There's lots of brethren who don't want to pay exorbitant pricing for sand blasting so this is a great alternative. I was down to bare shiny metal in a fairly short time.

My sandblaster only charges $ 80-100 to sand blast and high heat powder but it'll be 3-4 days before i can get it...unfortunately i don't have the luxury of time plus besides it's not gonna be for me. It'll look good though said and done.