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Rust Removal: Wire Wheel Vs. Sandblaster

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Old 04-23-2010, 11:16 PM
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Default 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?
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It is similar to a scotch brite pad. Kinda like this picture.
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Wire wheel or scotch brite pads will work. But if sand bead or soda blaster is available that will be faster.
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blast!
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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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