DavidLee
Well-Known Member
the PO used black RUST-OLEUM to the axle housing and I want to get it to bare steel. I rather not sandblasting. What paint remover have you found to be effective on RUST-OLEUM?
Guess they all did it wrong.****. No wire brush will touch it if it was applied right.
Guess they all did it wrong.
Jake
i tried the wire brush and it was too slow to remove the paint, so I broke out a flapper wheel and the paint flew off/ And its giving the metal a nicer finish thhen the factory had.
yes i realize that, but the amount i am removing with this flapper is minimal, it is also removing the welding slag from the factory. if this was for arestoration, i would have giving it a chemical dip to keep the original finish.I got a 6" wire wheel and put it on my 4" grinder to remove road tar and crap from front suspension parts and it flat tears it up.
It's a bit like hold a pissed off badger by the tail, but it sure works if you don't want to remove metal. (next time)
I like the flap discs too, and removing a bit of metal on what you are doing just makes the surface look better.
I hate the nasty stuff but wipe on with bristle good layer of aircraft paint stripper, keeping it wet. et it sit or lay plastic over it. Scraping it off with whatever. I use large wire cup on right angle grinder to clean a lot of metal, but Rustoleum enamel or tractor type enamel is tuff stuff.
yes i realize that, but the amount i am removing with this flapper is minimal, it is also removing the welding slag from the factory. if this was for arestoration, i would have giving it a chemical dip to keep the original finish.