painting tip

[Bezoar]

This is probably obvious to all of you more experienced hands, but I thought I'd pass on a lesson I learned tonight.

I used POR-15 to treat the rust on my old trailer frame. Tonight I went to put the tires back on and discovered the some of this treatment seeped into the holes in my hub where the lug bolts go. I couldn't get the bolts (or studs?) to start for anything. I finally tried screwing them in from the back of the hubs, where there was less spillover. With a lot of arm muscle and spray lube, I finally got them in that way, then in from the front and finally got my tires back on!

Watch where your primer and paint goes when threads are involved!

[western traveler]

Perhaps you did this but to dislodge debris from the threads using that method. Best to take a turn or two then back the bolt out a bit to clear the threads and go again, like using a die set.
Glad you got the task accomplished.