>blasted. I have used chemical paint stripper for the paint, navel jelly
>for the rust and ground the hard to get areas of rust. Where the nails
>fasten the metal to the wood, there is still a bit of rust around the
>nails.
There is a substance you can brush on the rusted area that supposedly
stops rust from progressing. Rust-be-gone, End Rust (a copy right
infringement against Johnson&Johnson?) and Rust-away (truth in
advertising whether it works or not) are just a few. I always questioned
the effectiveness of these treatments so I applied some to the rusting
downspout of my garage, 3 years ago, and the corrosion hasn't spread.
Draw your own conclusions.
As for the "rust around the nails", I wouldn't be satisfied until the
nails were removed and I could see the condition of the metal on the
other side
>My question is, how to arrest the action of the rust so that it will not
I view rust as a cancer, if you don't cut it out it will come back to
haunt you.
>Second question is how much rust is "too much"? If there are holes in
Any rust is too much.
>question of whether the slight residual rust will affect the paint and
>at what point in time.
Painting over rust is like taping a shattered windshield, eventually it
caves in on you.
Good luck!
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