Spray product for heavy oxidation??

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Totally new, non professional here. Right now I am cleaning some large tractors and a combine for my uncles farm, he's about to have a retirement sale. This equipment is so large that, although I would like to just be able to bust out the ladders and buff them all out, that just wouldn't be feasable. They aren't anywhere near brand new and shiney, but they look pretty good considering. They have been hot-pressure washed and de-greased, and I have been "hired" to detail the insides. I would like to shine them up on the outside because the paint is so dull and oxidized. It looks and feels like a red chalk-board. I rubbed a little Nu-finish on it just to see what it did in an inconspicuous place, and it smoothed it out/shined it up well, but it would take 10 gallons and 2 weeks to do the job and I don't think that's in the budget. Is there anything I can just spray on with a pressure washer or something that would work? Keep in mind this equipment it huge, about 20 feet tall and built in no simple manner, so I'm not talking about something in a 20 oz spray bottle. This is an industrial situation. This equipment is going to be sitting inside and just needs to be shined up for the sale, not a total paint reclaimation. Any ideas??
 
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you mention that the paint feels like chalk, that makes me think that you are dealing with single stage paint, i would go with a dose of m7 show car glaze and some fine abrasive. i think both these products are available in large sizes. sorry i do not have any experience with spray abrasives
 
roberthathaway7 said:
Is there anything I can just spray on with a pressure washer or something that would work?
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Nothing that I can think of that works like a cleaner/wax, you know a product that wen physically rubbed over chalky paint will physically/mechanically remove a layer of dead paint and "polish" the underlying surfaced smooth and clear.

(that's how a cleaner/wax works)


When I worked as a Rough Neck on Oil Drilling Rigs we washed down everything with I believe diesel mixed with water and a broom or brush, this cleaned all the painted pipes and steel, made it shiny and pretty and kept it from rusting.

Of course we washed our equipment down often and just the act of "touching" a surface the way we did has a mechanical "light" abrading effect to smooth over a painted surface.

The above is not probably a EPA recommended method.

I know we had diesel fuel on hand for running the Cat engines so I'm pretty sure that' what we were using.


As for a spray cleaner/wax, this doesn't fit your criteria but GPS from Optimum works really well but it's not going to work for your situation.

:)
 
WD-40! If you brush it on, like Mike was saying, it will probably smooth out the paint some. And the shine left will probably last long enough to sell the equipment. Wouldn't hurt to test a spot. IMO this is the cheapest, and best option for you. You can buy WD-40 in bulk and spay it on with a garden sprayer/pesticide sprayer; probably something you have on hand at your uncle's.

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Pickup a bottle of m7 or two, its been working wonders on a 79 vette I'm restoring right now
 
Thank you to everyone for the good input! After doing some more seemingly successful research, I do believe that I am working with single stage paint. And then I realized that anything in a liquid form that will take the layer of oxidation away would probably be bad news for the single stage paint overall. At first I was thinking along the lines of the liquid "de-contaminating" as a clay bar does, but liquid spray would be too uncontrolled inconsistent if it's removing material, and I assume most spray sproducts are just *adding a protective layer. IOW I was clueless about the process until I looked into it a little more. My uncle had mentioned spraying/wiping down some of the other equipment (bean headers/etc) with diesel to "slick them up". I assume that WD-40 works along the same lines, being petroleum based. I would wonder about how petroleum would affect the paint in the long run, but I guess if people have been doing that for years, it can't be that bad. Maybe that's what I'll do this time around... and if it ever comes down to it, I'll just buy a legit buffing system, pour the hours to it, and impress the heck out of myself if nobody else :coolgleam:
 
Look up mike Phillips article on single stage paint and m7 I'd link you but I'm on my phone, order a bottle of m7 or two, and remove the oxidation that way.. I would never put diesel on my paint
 
You can buy WD-40 in bulk and spay it on with a garden sprayer/pesticide sprayer; probably something you have on hand at your uncle's.
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