danneh
Part of things
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Good mornin!
I have just bought a MX5 (project thread to follow once ive taken some decent photos!) and it is has got a bit of surface rust on the rear arches. After some vigours poking (fnar fnar) it feels solid so instead of welding fresh metal in I am going to try a rust remover/convertor on it and see how it goes.
I have used hammerite's rust convertor before but can anyone recommend a better one?
thanks
Danny
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2004 C2 - The Daily
1992 Shogun - The offroad toy
1991 MX5 - The new project
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Phosphoric acid. And I think that's what pretty much any rust remover is based on. Some have more, same have less percentage of acid. I myself am using 'Pelox RE' (don't know if you can get it in the UK?) which contains 25% phosphoric acid. Light surface rust (on exposed metal after paint stripping p.e.) is gone in seconds...  But depending on how deep the rust has bitten, it's sometimes better to replace the metal with fresh one. Even if it isn't rusted through. No point in keeping paper thin metal, IMO... |
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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I'm a fan of Bilt Hamber stuff personally
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vantam (i think thats the name) its on ebay and is brilliant turns all rust black and solid again, and its the suppliers of more well known brands so it is probably the best and cheapest, tap it in on ebay  |
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Jul 28, 2011 11:32:26 GMT
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I have no idea how it works as a cost comparison, but as an 'available from every DIY store and Halfords outside of working hours' option, Kurust does work very well. And it's a lovely colour ;D
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Jul 28, 2011 12:15:08 GMT
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I've just been using Hydrate 80 from Bilt Hamber again, never let me down. Their range covers pretty much all bases.
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Jul 30, 2011 17:52:08 GMT
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jenolite has worked fairly well for me as opposed to "not at all" which is how I find most others...
Aim to get all the rust out by wire brush rather than rely on brush on treatments
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Jul 30, 2011 18:49:16 GMT
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i used Vactan on the seams of my VW T25 last year, and none of the rust has come back, very good stuff indeed, i bought it from Paco systems not ebay, but it works out about the same price, so thats VACTAN ok ;D
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