Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums Showcase and Stories, Petroliana ECO 38, my FIRST restoration project !

Now that I got it, its time to restore it. Wish me luck. I am a virgin

I'm sure once you restore this you will know that the sales cost of some of the beautifully restored pieces should be much higher if cost could be based on the amount of work and care that went into them! Kind of like how good public school teachers should be earning a lot more money than they do...

Good luck! Have a first aid kit and eye wash station handy, and take off your shoes before entering the house. Nothing ruins carpeting like paint tracked in on your shoes...

That's a cool item to start with...
Good Luck.

Every nut and bolt out of it. All parts ordered. Partially done with the guts. More brass in this than I thought.
This is fun!

Looking Good!!

Some would smooth out the imperfections. What would you do before primer and paint?

I wouldn't be putting them down on the lawn; moisture and dirt. They are going to flash rust very quickly. Wear gloves when handling the pieces, even the oils from you skin will accelerate the oxidation process and inhibit primer adhesion.

I find that cast pieces will need to be sand blasted again if they sit around for 5-6 days without being primed. High humidity on the west coast here.

Wipe down with wax & grease remover and then prime. Use a good metal etching primer ASAP. Then follow thru as if doing body work on a car.

The parts were cleaned and primed within 1 hour after bead blasting. I am still debating on using filler.

I would use some filler to fill the rust pitting but not comepletely coat with filler to retain the original cast look. Although a nice piece like that would also look good completly smoothed out.

I think you either do it all or do nothing? I am leaning towards doing nothing.

Having done it both ways.....I liked the filled and finished product better than painting over rustout. Just my opinion. Paul www.severngaspumps.com

I think that it would be to smooth once you used filler on the whole thing. I am going for the rough cast look. I do not want it to look as smooth as a car finish.

I decided to start putting it back together...

Great job Bill! Not only on the "doing" of the restoration but, also keeping us up to date on your progress. It's refreshing to see posts that positivly contribute to the content of this site rather feed off it.
Keep up the great work. I think it will be a "keeper" when finished for sure.
Garage-a-gogo

Looks good Bill. I also like to see items that are past the point of leaving "as is" get put back together and restored.