Rust Removal: Wire Wheel Vs. Sandblaster
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Rust Removal: Wire Wheel Vs. Sandblaster
Okay so this June I will be removing the light rust from my passenger and driver floorboards due to the windsheild seal being bad. I have a friend who has a sandblaster and I myself can buy a wire wheeler if he backs out of helping me. I will be doing one or the other and then coating the floor where ever needed with POR-15. I was just wondering which one would you guys do, the sandblaster or wire wheel? I know that rust pits metal and it is necessary to clean out those pits as good as possible making the sandblaster more useful but would it still work if I wire wheeled it?. Two questions about the wire wheel process:
1. What type of wire thing should I use? I mean how aggressive should it be
2. what is a green loc disk?
1. What type of wire thing should I use? I mean how aggressive should it be
2. what is a green loc disk?
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You definitely can't beat a sandblaster for removing rust, but sometimes it's just not economical or easy to do. I make sure to keep plenty of wire wheels around of varying wire thicknesses at all times.
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