Best tools for back to metal prep?

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  1. Insidious

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    What's ur methods guys? I'm welding mine up and repainting but I want it bck to bare metal, was thinkin a air grinder due to there size

    Cheers
     
    #1 Insidious, Mar 15, 2012
  2. oli_88

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    I just attack mine with a wire cup brush in a grinder... Be gone, 34 year old celly paint.
     
    #2 oli_88, Mar 15, 2012
  3. J_K_P

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    Flap disc on a grinder.
    But buy lots. They're awesome but you get through them.
     
    #3 J_K_P, Mar 15, 2012
  4. milez

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    yep thats what i use. or for real stuburn use a wire cup
     
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  5. Insidious

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    Lol iv got the drill wire brush and a angle grinder one, there just a bit brutal for tight spaces, u ever used those scotch pad kinda sanding disc?
     
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  6. warby

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    Another for the flap disc, take paint & rust with ease but without attacking the metal too much.
     
    #6 warby, Mar 15, 2012
  7. Insidious

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    I went through 12 flap disc when I repaired ma sills lol, shame they don't last long
     
    #7 Insidious, Mar 15, 2012
  8. warby

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    when i was welding quite a bit the ones i got lasted fairly well but cant for the life in me remember the brand.

    I wouldnt use them to remove the bulk of rust, more for tidying up after the grinding disc or wire brush wheel / cup.
     
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  9. Insidious

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    Wurth iv heard are good, but cn only order them online
     
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    use a wire brush first, then switch to a flap wheel
     
    #10 Ruishy1, Mar 15, 2012
  11. Boo_kong

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    Sada blasting - fast and easy to get to the bits you can't with a wire wheel.
     
    #11 Boo_kong, Mar 15, 2012
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    depending on what your removing.

    Rust i use wire prush in either drill, die grinder or angle grinder.
    Paint/under seal in alkward places, blow torch then wire brush
    Paint/under seal on sheet metal sanding disc for angle grinder
     
    #12 Polo, Mar 15, 2012
  13. Boo_kong

    Boo_kong aka boo_kong

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    I say Soda Blasting is the best because it takes less effort but dose cost.
    Last year i painted a beetle for my mate Simon and same thing.. we had to put the whole car back to metal. I tried using a DA first aka sanding disk but it was to harsh for the panals :/
    Believe it or not though i found in the end a wire wheel that connects to a drill it by far the best thing, its pretty fast and don't harm the metal panel near as much as a DA dose.
     
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  14. Insidious

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    I do like the drill and flat wire wheels but ones I had didn't last :s
     
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    Nitro Mors, scraper, water to wash it down, then DA with 400grit discs.

    Alex B
     
    #15 Alex B, Mar 16, 2012
  16. Insidious

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    well away to buy some bits lol,full engine bay to sort , relocate some bits, bits to weld then a full back to metal prep and repaint... the joys :)
     
    #16 Insidious, Mar 16, 2012
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    Bodyline stripper, paint on and scrape off, the new nitromorse is crap,it was designed to be less aggresive because slot of people were havin acciendents with it, the old one is still good if you can get it!
     
    #17 skylinwgts2gtr, Mar 16, 2012
  18. Insidious

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    The heavy duty wire brush drill attachment is working well :)
     
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  19. Alex B

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    We found that, when I was stripping the paint off my GTR we used Starchem as it was better than Nitro Mors.

    Alex B
     
    #19 Alex B, Mar 16, 2012
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