Bertha Gets a Pedicure

We scheduled Bertha's "pedicure" for Memorial Day weekend, but the paint didn't come in on time. We made it up to Bertha this weekend. Her frame got a deep exfoliation first, and then we freshened it up with some really fancy paint.

We had no idea how long it would take to sandblast the frame or how much sand we'd need. Scott purchased thirty 50-lb bags of play sand, and we ultimately used twenty. It was a sweaty job done in hot, humid conditions under an ugly veil. Have I ever mentioned that my husband is awesome😜?!

Four hours and 1000 lbs of play sand later, and Bertha's frame was looking much better. 

Surprise, surprise . . . sans rust you can read the trailer info stamped on the tongue!

The frame developed a little surface rust overnight. So, before painting, we did a little more sandblasting and drilled out any old rivets still stuck in the frame. We also cut off her rotten rear end with a side-grinder. No reason to waste good paint on bad steel.

We chose Eastwood Rust Encapsulator Platinum paint for the job. 

It has a metallic silver finish so it's kinda hard to tell the difference from raw steel to painted, but trust me, it looks sooooo much better. 

Scott sprayed it on with a Sata Mini-Jet paint gun. 

Bertha's front and rear end frame repairs are next, so there is a lot of grinding, welding and general metal fabrication in our future. Plus a little more painting too.

Thanks for looking.