Alienspecimen
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I just had my first attempt at loose rust removal. The spinning wire brush that you can attach to a drill does not work as well as doing it by hand. YMMV.
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langer1
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Get a Knotted wire wheel on a 4" angle grinder and a pair of saftey glasses.Alienspecimen said:
8Mud
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langer1 said:
Full face mask, gloves, leather jacket and Kevlar supporter. They work good, but those things are dangerous. When they get well used and the bristles have been heated a few times, they shed some, at fairly high RPM's.
You really have to respect the old angle grinder and wire wheel combo.
langer1
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But boy the rust will fly :laugh3:8Mud said:
uvaldetxj
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- Uvalde, Texas
Make sure your drill has some balls. If you're using a underpowered drill you won't get good results.
Hemenechi
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- Goffstown, NH
use a sandblaster thats what i used on my jeeps rockers.
Matthew Currie
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A couple of added notes.
Watch out for sandblasting on sheet metal that you will paint. There's often a lot of moisture in the compressed air, and the pits in sandblasted surfaces hold it in. Dry it very well and prime it immediately.
And be careful using a really stiff wire brush on sheet metal. It makes a lot of heat, and can warp panels very quickly.
Watch out for sandblasting on sheet metal that you will paint. There's often a lot of moisture in the compressed air, and the pits in sandblasted surfaces hold it in. Dry it very well and prime it immediately.
And be careful using a really stiff wire brush on sheet metal. It makes a lot of heat, and can warp panels very quickly.
dizzymac
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- New Hampshire
Ditto on the blaster. I got a compressor from Harbor Freight and a cheap blaster from Wally World, I'm gonna upgrade to a better one though, find myself using it quite a bit. It's quick and lets you really see what you are up against.
Kuasimodem
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- Holmen, WI USA
Abrasive Flapper disks like these babies remove rust very well, and they don't build heat up like a standard hard grinding disk. They also don't shed like knotted wire wheels.
