Evaporust harbor freight7/1/2023 ![]() Stripping the old paint off and finding out what's underneath isn't really a fun do-it-yourself at home project. If you plan to use a media blasting or chemical dipping process, it starts by removing absolutely everything, including the vehicle identification number plate. The reason these cars sit for years or decades is because the first step is painful and difficult. We've all driven by someone's house and seen a poorly covered classic Chevrolet muscle car patiently waiting for its chance to be reborn through restoration. It's time to remove the old body filler repairs and rust from your vintage car and find out how much original metal is actually left to work with. This is an article about removing heavy rust from classic cars that are about to undergo a complete and thorough restoration. ![]() This is not an article about coatings, brush on products or chemical treatments designed to seal oxidized metal surfaces. Small parts in the shop like cleaning brackets,etc. Look over these options and notice the extreme price difference You can normally rent commercial sand blasters on a daily basis for larger projects but get a good face mask filter and expect a huge mess unless youve got lots of room someplace outdoors to work in a vacant lot or large back yard, btw youll need between 100lbs and several hundred lbs of grit to do a top quality job on an old rusted car frameīasically a toy but good for small stuff, used outside ![]() If your just removing a bit of surface rust from small parts thats a totally different deal than cleaning boat trailers or car frames or differentials for powder coating or some other much more massive project, Ive got two 60 gallon compressors and both together won,t keep up with a larger sand blaster used constantly. Obviously the tool needs to match the application The results you get, with a sand blaster are dependent on the amount of air pressure and volume and amount and type of grit and the velocity you can provide. Once its clean! spray it with this OR PAINT IT Ive "made do" with a high pressure washer. Ive been meaning to find a deal on a sand blaster as it comes in handy occasionally You can also buy a hobby version reasonably that will do a decent job on small projects (much slower, far less noise, and less mess,) that will work with your compressor, and since this appears to be a small job Id probably just buy the hobby gun and a hundred or so lbs of medium, clean masons sand from home depot is a fair medium and can be far cheaper than aluminum oxide, it also tends to wash into your lawn far better without any problems If youve got a large yard that's an option in most areas, ![]() WEAR A BREATHING MASK, THE DUST CAN PERMANENTLY SCREW UP YOUR LUNGS Naturally youll need an area to use it that you can get sand and paint chips and rust flecks all over the place,and make some noise! Do yourself a huge favor and RENT a professional sand blaster,from a u-rent tool store if you want to do the job in under an hour with little effort, it will take 1/8th the time and effort to do a better job of removing rust and old paint and cost a good deal less than $70 to rent for the day in most areas ![]()
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