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Today was the first really pretty weekend day we've had in a while. On the spur of the moment after raking the kids' sandbox we pulled off the air cleaner on Cecilia and ran a wire wheel over it to remove all the old paint and rust.



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It worked great, but took three full batteries in the cordless drill. Afterward we sprayed it with primer.


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Then an hour later it was on with the black paint.


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Here's the primer I used:


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And the paint is this

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It turned out pretty decent except for the bugs flying into the paint when we started. I guess this stuff is like candy to them. I picked several off with sticks but we were able to rebuild the splotches out to look smooth.