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Hi,
Wondered what others do to their rusty bits.
I clean area with wire brush/scraper/emery cloth etc
Treat with Vactan and then apply filler. Rub down with wet & dry but use white spirit not water as lubricant.
Apply top coat, Rustoleum in my case, with light rub in between coats.Seems to work but the rust does sometimes return after a few years.
Does anyone use zinc based primers or any other sort of primer/ undercoat?

I now use a dremel diamond cutting disc to remove rust to bare metal, if you leave any rust it will come back no matter hpw good your paint is.

Sand blast it.

Yes I have been meaning to buy a compressor and sand blaster, what kit do you have Bigherb? any pointers, some stuff is dangerous to breathe I hear

itchyfeet wrote:Yes I have been meaning to buy a compressor and sand blaster, what kit do you have Bigherb? any pointers, some stuff is dangerous to breathe I hear

I wish you would!!!!!

what2do wrote:

itchyfeet wrote:Yes I have been meaning to buy a compressor and sand blaster, what kit do you have Bigherb? any pointers, some stuff is dangerous to breathe I hear

I wish you would!!!!!

I'm waiting for you to find me a compressor remember

itchyfeet wrote:

what2do wrote:

itchyfeet wrote:Yes I have been meaning to buy a compressor and sand blaster, what kit do you have Bigherb? any pointers, some stuff is dangerous to breathe I hear

I wish you would!!!!!

I'm waiting for you to find me a compressor remember

Not forgotten. Always on the look out for a quality s/h compressor that is localish.

If you don't find one soon I'm going to buy some Chinese crap

Bigherb what sandblasting grit did you use for panels.

fazzer wrote:Bigherb what sandblasting grit did you use for panels.

By far the most important question. The wrong media can leave the bare metal with a really coarse finish and some will generate far too much heat causing panel distortion. I can't remember what media I bought and it's now in plastic tubs to keep it dry. Rather than pay through the nose for a few bags plus the dreaded carriage, just find a local blaster and offer him cash for a bag or two.

ive spoke to a sandblasting company local to me and got all info I need also only £8.99 for 25 kilo bag of media.

I'm looking to get a sand/soda blaster this summer. Any recommendations on machines?

There is a sealey one on ebay, not sure of the quality though. Think I'll need an air compressor too.

The shot and soda kit looks good- Sealey model SBKIT. I had the cheap grey plastic portable kit , it was crap.

saw a hand held sand blasting machine on facebook marketplace last night - £20
No idea what it was or anything - but it was a red hand held kind of small tool.

Just looked again - it's one for connecting to an air compressor (higher than 3 hp) - Neilson portable sandblaster - model CT1109 it looks like.
& its in Cardiff

Our recently purchased one is an Eastwood with two tanks one for abrasive and one for soda but you will need a good compressor.