Patrick Ray Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) Got most everything reassembled and the blades polished and riveted back on. Just finished a test run to ensure all is good. Just gotta polish up the cage, struts, cage badge. Excuse all of the smudges on the motor. That'll all get cleaned off with some detail spray when I'm all done. Edited April 10, 2022 by Patrick Ray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Got it all back together and looking sharp! Runs super smooth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Plata Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Read the cleaning and polishing technique with great interest. Have a nice early GE that was treated to white house paint! Anyone have suggestions to strip without disturbing the original finish? Is it worth the time or should I blast and paint? Thanks, Terry P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Terry Plata said: Read the cleaning and polishing technique with great interest. Have a nice early GE that was treated to white house paint! Anyone have suggestions to strip without disturbing the original finish? Is it worth the time or should I blast and paint? Thanks, Terry P I've found original Japan to be fairly resilient to acetone. Some acetone on a rag would probably remove the house paint without hurting the Japan. I wouldn't soak the fan! Just use it to rub off the house paint. I've done this several fans where there's paint splatter and it works quite well. But it sounds like you've got more than a couple splatters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Plata Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Read the cleaning and polishing technique with great interest. Have a nice early GE that was treated to white house paint! Anyone have suggestions to strip without disturbing the original finish? Is it worth the time or should I blast and paint? Thanks, Terry P Thanks for the reply Patrick. This fan looks like it was dipped in white latex paint. Sometimes that makes it easier to strip. Gotta get some acetone just in case. Interesting I bought this fan for parts but upon inspection, too good to cannibalize. So another dumpster fan wii be brought back to life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Shirey Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Terry Plata said: Read the cleaning and polishing technique with great interest. Have a nice early GE that was treated to white house paint! Anyone have suggestions to strip without disturbing the original finish? Is it worth the time or should I blast and paint? Thanks, Terry P Thanks for the reply Patrick. This fan looks like it was dipped in white latex paint. Sometimes that makes it easier to strip. Gotta get some acetone just in case. Interesting I bought this fan for parts but upon inspection, too good to cannibalize. So another dumpster fan wii be brought back to life! Soak the castings in purple power for a few hours. It’ll rinse off. Worked perfectly on my 19666 without affecting the Japan. Edited April 25, 2022 by Lane Shirey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Terry Plata said: Read the cleaning and polishing technique with great interest. Have a nice early GE that was treated to white house paint! Anyone have suggestions to strip without disturbing the original finish? Is it worth the time or should I blast and paint? Thanks, Terry P Thanks for the reply Patrick. This fan looks like it was dipped in white latex paint. Sometimes that makes it easier to strip. Gotta get some acetone just in case. Interesting I bought this fan for parts but upon inspection, too good to cannibalize. So another dumpster fan wii be brought back to life! I found a 79646 for $20 that I was going to use as a parts donor. Had a fine mist of green paint over spray covering the entire fan. But looking it over, it was in beautiful condition underneath and it worked flawlessly. I started with a real light compound and it quickly cut through that green revealing it was nearly perfect underneath. Finishing it off with the wax and it really pops. Hope yours is well preserved under that latex paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Lane Shirey said: Soak the castings in purple power for a few hours. It’ll rinse off. Worked perfectly on my 19666 without affecting the Japan. Lane, do you dilute the Purple Power or use it full strength? I've heard of guys using it but haven't tried it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Shirey Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 11 hours ago, Patrick Ray said: Lane, do you dilute the Purple Power or use it full strength? I've heard of guys using it but haven't tried it myself. Full strength. I have a large tote with about 7 gallons in it. You can keep reusing it indefinitely. After it gets sediment on the bottom, decant the clear stuff off the top and then strain out the sediment. The good thing is that you can dump it down the drain after you filter out the solids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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