messy and a pain in the ass comes to mind

 

Add, dangerous to that. Sand in your eyes, nose, ears, and lungs, unless you wear a full body suit and hood.

 

yea ive been thinkin the same thing, but whats the best way of removing the surface rust from all the nooks and crannies<spell check, from the core support and on the frame its near the welds or seems on the top part of the rails...

 

wire wheel and rust convertor... then some POR 15.

 

ok this may sound stupid but whats a good brand of rust convertor, and what is POR 15

 

Rust never sleeps

Eastwood Co. coroless is good.
POR-15 is good. Can be ordered alot of places.
Car Quest has Chassis Black. Works ok.
Auto Zone carries some crap.:stirthepo

 

If you were to buy a sand blaster, get the pressurized pot type, the siphon type suck.

 

the small gravity fed "speedblasters are good for small areas... but for any amount of blasting you def. want a pressurized one.
but for really light rust...yes a wire wheel on a drill will work fine.

 

well i got a small bottle of rust converter from autoone but i havent been able to apply it yet, but i read a article in dieselpower about stoppin rust using a sem product call rust-mort, great article to read, good info, but yeah i plan on usin a wire wheel on my drill, and then blowing it off with a air hose then use the converter, so yeah hopefully its works like it says, b/c right now i cant afford buyin a sandblaster, so yea, thanks for the replies, guys ill post up what happens

 

I use one of the gravity feed handheld units when I do my powdrcoating. There is no media recovery system, so the shit goes everywhere. Definitely something you want to do outside. Make sure to get an oil/water separator for your air line as well. They aren't meant for large jobs, but for blasting a little rust off the frame should work okay. And do NOT use silica sand. My recommendation is to use the black diamond or black beauty stuff.

 

Blasted!

And a blasting hood. As mentioned above, the shit goes everywhere. I borrow my friends pressure feed every 7 yrs. to remind myself why I pay to have that shit done.:blahblah:

 

what parts on the truck? if its a fender or a door, why not take the whole piece off, take it yo a media blaster, and plastic media blast it. then presp it and have it painted..it will look like new after that.

 

ive had to do a shit ton of sandblasting on my mustang. yes its a pain in the ass. yes its very messy. and you better have a respirator and hood on. but it works wonders. completely worth it if you have a pretty good bit of rust to take care of... but what do i know.. im only 18

 

you better have a very expensive hood/respirator when blasting!
I thought I was goiing to want to sandblast till I priced a quality suit!

 

Damn, and I only wear protective goggles and one of those over the ear masks. Didn't know I had to go full KKK to sand blast.

 

should at least have a respirator mask on and good goggles...you said you only use the gravity fed blaster...they are not that bad ...the monster I have at work (for blasting cement trucks and equipment you need to be KKK for sure...more like total has-mat)


glass is made from silica sand...! all media in dangerous... some not as bad but the rust and paint on the surface being blasted is harmfull.

 

get a wire wheel and some sanding disks for your drill and go to town on it.

cheaper and easier to clean up afterwards.

ESPECIALLY for a few small spots.

if you need to blast sections like rusted our rockers and door jams get someplace with a booth to do it for ya.

 

Uhh, no. If you don't use silica sand, then you don't have to worry about the cancer from breathing in the silica dust. Not all media is created equal. Using glass bead, or walnut shells is not going to kill you from breathing the dust unless you are blasting something that is toxic. And if you are doing that then even ussing a wire wheel is going to be bad for you and how many people do you know where a full hood protective mask when using a wire wheel.

 

a wire wheel isnt going to abrade the surface to a light dust like sandblasting is! And yes protection should be used when wirebrushing. The exposure is much greater with pressurized blast media!

 

get a grinder with a wire/buffer wheel and go to town:mullet:

 

its only in a few spots on the rad. core support, and on the frame in front of the a- arms and what not, i just tryin to get it back goin for my daily that why i can let my r/t rest awhile, but yeah since its not gonna be anything special a simple wire brushing and some rust converter should do, but if i had the time and extra dough def. would have it blasted, so thanks for the replies guys preciate it

 

As I said, no more harmful than it would be getting taken off using a wire wheel or grinder.