Best rust remover?

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Best rust remover?

Post by Anton » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:00 pm

Anyone got recommendations regarding the best chemical rust removers available on the market for brushing onto the underside of an SJ as part of the prep work before applying underseal?
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by andyrew » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:37 pm

I've started using vactan

Seems to get good reviews and for cost to volume its a bargain.

But I've not been using it long enough to see if the treatment lasts.
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by Anton » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:57 pm

Where you getting it?
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by andyrew » Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:13 pm

EBay, its a commercial product so just has a chemical lable.
Worth looking into. Seems to get approval on retro rides and autoshite
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by donkeychomp » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:37 pm

And for nuts and bolts and other small stuff...citric acid.
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by ScottieJ » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:51 pm

I like to use poly abrasive discs and brass wire wheel attachments for a drill and grinder on cars.....if you go on the norton abrasives website they after a free sample of their rapid strip disc, last for ages and works super well.

On cars I prefer to clean it up back to shiny metal.

On the boat I've been using vactan, seems to work really well, even left for months without over coating. There's just too much surface area on that to strip it all back manually.
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by Anton » Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:01 pm

Yeah, I generally use wire wheels and poly discs too, or sanding discs when there's just too much to go through.

But a friend of mine wants a quick and dirty way to deal with light surface rust in the nooks and crannies under his SJ.
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Re: Best rust remover?

Post by Anton » Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:58 pm

donkeychomp wrote:And for nuts and bolts and other small stuff...citric acid.
I've used vinegar in the past and it worked well...
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