How have you done yours? I was going to use a angrygrinder with wire brush and use sandpaper in the hard to reach places but after starting it, i
thought it would probably be quicker to use sandpaper. Its only surface rust so would come off quite easily.
Any thoughts?
Have you considered something like Bilt Hamber Deox gel????? Brush on, wipe off. Supposed to work quite well.....
If you can afford it, get it shotblasted. Perhaps £120-£200
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Originally posted by SWW84
If you can afford it, get it shotblasted. Perhaps £120-£200
My Dad and I did a whole chassis using metal flap wheels on a 230V drill, took ages and can be awkward, but certainly cheap.
The tool™, sandpaper and a bottle of metal ready. Sorted
Leave the rust on , and bung on a coat of POR - near as tough as powdercoat , and stops rust completely
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Originally posted by clairetoo
Leave the rust on , and bung on a coat of POR - near as tough as powdercoat , and stops rust completely
Ok cool. That save me spending my evenings sanding a chassis. I can spend them polishing my rocker cover instead
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
Ok cool. That save me spending my evenings sanding a chassis. I can spend them polishing my rocker cover instead
If you're getting it powdercoated then get it blasted as part of their prep - if you don't it'll come off in sheets when the water
inevitably gets under it.
If painting and it's only surface rust use something like metal ready
(link) which comes in budget and
etches the surface at the same time as cleaning off the rust - gives an excellent surface allowing primer to stick really well.
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.
I've got to do mine after leaving it lying fallow for over a year and wasn't looking forward to a few days coughing up rust dust.
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Originally posted by speedyxjs
How have you done yours? I was going to use a angrygrinder with wire brush and use sandpaper in the hard to reach places but after starting it, i thought it would probably be quicker to use sandpaper. Its only surface rust so would come off quite easily.
Any thoughts?
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Originally posted by stevegough
They charged me a very reasonable £220 all in - might sound expensive to you, but its money well spent.
I have almost always used diesel and wet'n'dry by hand. Using a liquid (the diesel) makes things happen fast.
"wet'n'dry" is the Oz term for wetable sandpaper as body shops use for rubbing back paint except they use water of course - the
liquids act as a lubricant.
Works really well and the rust won't come back for a long time as the diesel puts a coating on it that lasts quite well. Occasionaly just wipe
some more diesel on it with a rag. You can weld to it etc. without the need for grinding back paint too.
Its really cheap but dirty and smelly way to do it but I heard you were too so thats ok
[Edited on 24/4/09 by cheapracer]
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Originally posted by cheapracer
Its really cheap but dirty and smelly way to do it but I heard you were too so thats ok