need grinding help

I'm trying to get the rust of my 54' Chevy truck and I'm having a hell of a time. I've been using a wire wheel to do most of it but I cant seem to get into the small spots. I don't really want to use chemicals or acids and I cant afford to have it sand blasted right. I wanted to see if anyone had any tricks to grind those difficult areas.

 

3M spaghetti wheel.

http://www.progresstool.com/pd_3m_unmounted_34_wheels_-_5_piece_kit.cfm

 

You can use various abrasives, but you will spend forever doing it. If you absolutely MUST use abrasives, you could use a 9" grinder and the LARGE ready strip pad. They work well and don't remove much metal. Again though.... it's a lot of work and just as messy. Just a different kind of mess. Not to mention, abrasives will add up in price pretty quick.

The best way (if you're not going to get it media blasted) is to use a chemical stripper so you don't remove too much metal and you are guaranteed to get it all even in those little pinholes you can't get an abrasive into. There are TONS of threads here on that topic, if you decide to go that direction. Just my opinion though.

 

How about a pic of one Doc. 3M don't list a Spaghetti wheel on their website. Guess they dont care for Itallian quesene.

 

Yeah, that's a new one to me too! Do share!

 

I'd like to see what your talking about too

 

small tight spots may require sandpaper and lots of time.

 

I use a 5" 3M abrasive pad (cheeseburger) on a Makita 5000 sander w/stick on
pad.Done several like this with no problems.

 

Get a hand held sand blaster. They sell for about $25 and are great for small hard to reach areas.

 

On closer investigation I'm not sure the link is what I'm talking about. They are kinda like scotch brite tho a LOT courser. They go in a drill, you have a base with velcro and the pads stick to them.
I will keep looking for a pic. We used them in the panel shop all the time, fantastic stuff!
Doc.

 

Ok, they are Scotch Brite Coating Removal Disk's.

http://www.jamestowndistributors.co...milyName=3M+Scotch-Brite+Coating+Removal+Disc

 

YEP!!! That's what I was talking abot. They are available for right angle grinders and it's what I use to strip paint or whatever REAL fast. I thought they were called "ready strip" pads.

I don't know who this guy is, but this is the only picture I could find. I'll go look at my disc in a bit. It's the greenish colored disc in the middle of the picture that kind of looks like a rigid sponge:

 

Scooter, that them, they are the ****!! Foh Sho!

 

Yep!

 

Here it is! Sorry! It's called Rapid Strip Disc. I have this one, but 3M had a version and probably a couple other brands...

 

Definitely get a cheap little spot blaster and accompany that with one of the Stripping pads for your angle grinder. Blasting media is fairly inexpensive and if you find a way to catch it all and sift it it can be reused. Stripping ****s all the way around but Iwould go for the least use of elbow grease.

 

I"m using 3M scotchbrite pads on my '29. So far so good.

 

Yhats the same thing I used to do my whole coupe body listed in my pictures. I have a larger version that has a arbor type stem that goes in the drill. It starts off about 12 inches across,, but when I got done with the car it was closer to 6 inches across. It does a wondeful job without removing any metal or gouging. I can throw some pictures up but it the same thing you can get at wally world only lots bigger.

 

Home Depot has those Norton disks in the 4" size. I special ordered some 7" for my variable speed polisher, they work like a charm.

 

Jasco paint remover works well in small spots, just spray it on and wipe off.