i wanna remove the surface rust from my truck cab, so i can get ready to do the body work. what's the easiest way a poor boy can do this? d/a and some 40 grit? any suggestions would be helpful. i know media blasting is probably the best way, but i'm poor, so i hafta do it myself.
Forget it and get that Dodge truck in the background going.................. Seriouslly, with that rust, save your money up and blast it................You are going to spend a pile on paper.
orbital sand as much as you can with 80 grit da paper. buy a gallon of oxi-solv from eastwood co. and follow the instructions. hope this helps.
if you plan on putting a good paint job on it get it blasted. that is the best way. 40 grit will scratch the metal, which could come back to haunt you after your paint cures. I just did a 57 chevy that had been stripped and then left outside for a few months. I used these "poly carbide 4" abrasive wheels" from harbour freight. other companies sell them too.. they are "manufactured from nylon cord with polyurethane coating impregnated with silicon carbide" kind of like a scotchbrite pad on steroids that you put on your grinder. worked well on my rust, but it wasn't as old as yours, so your results may vary. just keep it moving and watch the heat so you don't warp the **** out of your cab.
49ratfink, I think I am thinking of the same thing. I use 3M clean n' strip discs. They will remove all the rust (even raunchy scaled stuff) without messing up the steel, kinda pricey though, $5 a pad I think, use them in a drill.
For cleaning up to do welding and repairs, I use a big wire brush cup on my electric grinder. Just watch out that you don't put enough heat in the metal to warp anything. If I was prepping for full paint, I would get it media blasted.
Use 3m strip discs then wet done and dry with phosphoric acid.You can get the p.a. @ home cheapo.I did a 62 ford like this.2 yrs and still no rust.
I'll throw in the chemical option. May want to consider a Rust Converter (also available at Lowes/Home Depot) to turn it into Iron Oxide or... dare I say it.... POR-15 available at your local Autobody Supply Store.
What the hells up with all the tires? Chemical is going to be the bet way to go. Sandpaper of any kind isn't going to get in all the rust pits and get'em clean.
I ordered half a case of Gibbs Brand, Roadsters.com raves about it. It should be here in another day or so. My cowl is almost completely covered in surface rust(see link in my signature below), I'm gonna spray it down like in this link: http://www.roadsters.com/gibbs/ "Here's the same body after I covered the outside of the body with Gibbs Brand, gave it time to soak in, and then sanded it down with a D/A sander. It took less than a can of Gibbs to get the entire outside of the body good and wet. I then let it soak in for a couple of days before starting to sand it down." Before and after: View attachment 234965 View attachment 234966 I'll try it and we'll see what happens, I'll post after pics.
i priced a media blaster today, wasn't too bad, so i guess i'll save my coin!! it's gonna be fully painted. i'm not stripping it for that bare metal look, i want it bare for the body work.
I think you made a wise choice, it would have been a huge task to do that at home without blasting, and I think you'd have had problems later with the paint.
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