Howdy,
How much time are we talking about here to do a fairly extensive rollcage
and areas of the car's unibody that have been modified?
Part of why the car is sitting instead of being worked on is that we're up
to our eyeballs in projects these days and have a 1.5 year old that can't
be out in the shop unless someone is holding him.
I was really hoping for some kinda "take it to this kinda place, pay them
$500, and that's what you need" type of deal... Like I can devote a couple
afternoons to this, but not that much more time.
Soda blasting? Is that more like what I want?
Mark
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Ben Zwissler wrote:
> Agree with the approach below and would add that your local body shop will
> have cleaners, conditioners and preps for bare metal. I bought a TR4 body
> tub that had been soda blasted and then left to sit for several years
> (indoors). I explained what I had and they sold me what I needed. The
> first one I applied smelled mostly like what I remembered phosphoric acid
> smelled like. The price wasn't bad and I was sure I wouldn't use anything
> incompatible with the paint.
>
> Ben Zwissler
> bjzwissler@comcast.net
> Columbus, IN
> 1966 TR-4A IRS
> 1973 MG Midget
> 1980 TR-8
> 2003 Honda ST1300
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-bounces+bjzwissler=comcast.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces+bjzwissler=comcast.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Karl Vacek
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 12:03 PM
> To: David Scheidt; Mark Andy
> Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] How to remove surface rust over entire car?
>
>
>>> Anyway, I'm wondering what I can do with the car to keep "light
>>> surface
>>> rust"
>>> from turning into "this is a pile of junk"... I'd like to get the
>>> surface rust
>>> removed, then paint everything with primer or whatever, something that
>>> will
>>
>> Conversion coating.
>
>
> If the rust is too much for plain conversion coating, go to Home Depot, etc.
>
> & buy a gallon of phosphoric acid, dilute minimally as directed, and bruch
> it on repeatedly. Scotch-Brite helps in the process, and is better than
> most alternatives. Wear gloves - it won't hurt now, but the rough peeling
> skin on your fingers in a day or two will make you wish you hadn't bathed in
>
> it.
>
> When it's clean, rinse with water, towel dry (to avoid flash rusting) and
> then apply conversion coat and rinse as directed.
>
> Karl
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