Best way to restore air cleaner

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LocuMob

LocuMob

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I have an old air cleaner that I need to restore and have no idea what I'm doing. Sandblast it, sanding, strippers, miracle product? I'm thinking sandblasting would be the easiest and most consistent.

After I get the cleaning accomplished, what do I need to do to get paint to stick for a good long time? Any sealers or just prime and paint?

Thanks FABO!
 
Sandblast at about 50psi. Ive had great luck with black wrinkle on commando valve covers. Primer before the wrinkle.
Bbq for baking worked awesome
 
I'd either go with electrolysis to remove rust, or buy some Evaporust.
Clean completely beforehand.
 
If it's an oil bath air cleaner I wouldn't sand blast it. I'd use a wire wheel or a paint stripper disk on a 4" grinder.
 
Lots of "Evoporust" in a large enough pail, glass beed, primer, paint, install.
 
Agree on the Evaporust, I have had excellent results with it on my KH calipers, spindles, lower and upper control arms, and a lot of nuts and bolts.

I degrease the part and try to get a lot of the surface rust off the part with wire or nylon brushing before I dunk it in the Evaporust. My restoration thread has some of my results.

It is pricey, the cheapest I have found it is by ordering online through Home Depot in the 3.5 or 5 gallon buckets. Make sure you completely submerge the part, I found out you get a "tide" line if the part is sticking out.
 
Ok, so I took apart the air cleaner to see how bad it is. Found a small mouse nest but not much else.

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Is there any way to clean this filter element or replace it? Anything special or this middle piece?

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