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vtsteam:
Well Pekka, following on my mention of Fast Orange for removing grease and baked on varnish, I found an orange (citrus oil) based paint stripper called Citri-Strip. And it also really does a good job.
I use it a lot for painted small metal bits/scrap I use for building things.
chipenter:
I use a twisted wire cup brush in an angle grinder , shifts paint and rust no probs .
Pete W.:
--- Quote from: chipenter on August 14, 2014, 12:01:13 PM ---I use a twisted wire cup brush in an angle grinder , shifts paint and rust no probs .
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I've tried that method on some jobs in the past. If the metal is very rusty the wire brush burnishes the steel, smearing it closed over the tops of the pits. It all looks nice and shiny so you proceed with the painting, only for the rust sealed in the pits to break out later on. On steel, I've come to favour a more abrasive method of rust removal, followed by a chemical rust killer and then by the paint coats.
krv3000:
good job mick
PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: Pete W. on August 14, 2014, 04:02:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: chipenter on August 14, 2014, 12:01:13 PM ---I use a twisted wire cup brush in an angle grinder , shifts paint and rust no probs .
--- End quote ---
I've tried that method on some jobs in the past. If the metal is very rusty the wire brush burnishes the steel, smearing it closed over the tops of the pits. It all looks nice and shiny so you proceed with the painting, only for the rust sealed in the pits to break out later on. On steel, I've come to favour a more abrasive method of rust removal, followed by a chemical rust killer and then by the paint coats.
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I have to agree with this. When I use rotating wire bruch I use face shield. Why? I always use glasses but I got some feedback when wife had to remove twice same evening a piece of wire flung out of rotary bruch: Easy one was stuck on my eyebrow the subborn one (needed needle nose pliers to remove) was stuck on my fore head.
Wirebrushed and sandblasted needs pretty thick antirust paint on top of them.
Pekka
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