surface rust removal
surface rust removal
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What is the final outcome that you are looking for, and just how rusty is it? Just lite rust can be sanded off with a DA sander. If a DA doesn't get it off then it is pitted. Then there are some chemicals that can remove the deeper rust or convert it or seal it. Then you can prime and paint.
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What is the final outcome that you are looking for, and just how rusty is it? Just lite rust can be sanded off with a DA sander. If a DA doesn't get it off then it is pitted. Then there are some chemicals that can remove the deeper rust or convert it or seal it. Then you can prime and paint.
I am leaving the original paint as is, it just has very light surface rust in spots, there's no pitting
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[QUOTE=78 & 87 Super Cab;14510882]I am leaving the original paint as is, it just has very light surface rust in spots, there's no pitti.
What kind of condition is the rest of the paint? I would think it is worn and faded. if you are you trying to keep the patinaed look most people wash it with a fine scuff pad and a degreaser soap like spic and span then put a few coats of a satin clear to preserve the look and stop the rust from getting worse. if you don't want to go with that much work, just find some rust converter to put on it to stop the rust for a while.
What kind of condition is the rest of the paint? I would think it is worn and faded. if you are you trying to keep the patinaed look most people wash it with a fine scuff pad and a degreaser soap like spic and span then put a few coats of a satin clear to preserve the look and stop the rust from getting worse. if you don't want to go with that much work, just find some rust converter to put on it to stop the rust for a while.
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I have used comet with success. What I don't like about spraying with clear is it looks strange. It coats the car with 'plastic' and gives it the same sheen all over. Real patina is much more shiny where you lean over the fenders when wrenching and the tops of the doors where you hang your arm out the windows on sunny days etc. The top of the roof and hood are the most flat. If I had to clearcoat over patine, I would have 3 rattle cans going at once. Flat, satin and gloss, and blend and overlap them as you go. But that's just me.
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Some guys add flattening agent to the clear to minimize the shine.
Disclaimer: I'm a crappy painter who has trouble laying down shiny paint.
Disclaimer: I'm a crappy painter who has trouble laying down shiny paint.
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I tried painting something shiny back in the 70s and it's been all flat and semigloss since then. Many of my early formulas had cornstarch stirred in to kill the gloss. Kinda the same as what flatting paste does, but you can sneak some from the kitchen cupboard.......
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