Hi Chaps,

I bought a chassis this weekend and it has been stored in a Concrete prefab (damp!) garage for about a year.

It has slight surface rust and slight pitting but nothing that will affect its structural properties.

I thought i would try a little experiement being the lazy begger that i am.

I submerged one end of the wishbone in a pot of coke in the passender footwell of my regular car and have just been out to see the result

You can see the destinct line upto where it has been submerged



Not bad for a few hours sitting on my arse in my office and not once getting my hands dirty.

[Edited on 20/10/03 by colmaccoll]

[img]http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos/showppic.pl?file=cleaning.jpg&archive=colmaccoll[/img]

How the frig do i get the picture to appear in the post?

[Edited on 20/10/03 by colmaccoll]

ok had the same prob my self get the picher on photo archive make sure the picher is there right click on the photo and go to properties and you will see a adderss there copy and paste this in to the mesage box and it should work

hope you got that

anyway shot blast is the best but costs about £50 if you dont like that then its the old wire weels. they do a wire weel that gose in a angle grinder that is good

col,

my chassis is in a smiilar state. i'm just going to leave it until i come to paint it. I'll use the wire cup angle grinder 'tool' on it along with some small wire brushes for the welds, then paint it with red lead. hopefully this weekend i'll get the front suspension geopmetry on, so will after that be able to paint the front section (i'll just grind off the painbt when i need to re-weld a bit)

Ned.

Just a quick tip, if you want your chassis and anything else shining, buy a cheap sand blasting gun from halfords and a couple of bags of silica sand plug into your compressor and pull the trigger
Dont forget the old welding gauntlets and a full face guard (old welding helmet and suitable hat recommended). If you dont have a compressor get one for xmas (worth a plug to the wife guys), you will wonder what u did before you had one. A bit like WD40! Almost forgot, build a cheapskate blasting cabinet for the small stuff, and dont let rip next to your friends, cars, boats, or children the grit goes for miles and is a bit of a hazard but ooooohhh the finish you get prior to painting
Shug.

Thought I'd mention this just in case... silica sand is extreemly hazardous to your health i.e lungs
So if you are gona spray it... then be warned, its the very fine particles that do the damage. Its much better to get hold of plastic beads if you can...

Ah thats why all the wise people who carry out mundane hobbies like ours should have a good quality respirator or air fed mask high up on the "must have" thinghy's list. Pity I learned too late, poly dust ,poxy dust acetone etc etc etc methinks they are taking their toll now, I couldnt run to catch a bus anymore Then again maybe I'm just a SLOB

My excuse is... Budwieser and fish suppers

Bud and Keebabs, very dangerous combination, I really need to do somthing with my waist
Shug.

I should think the kebab sauce would be great for getting rid of surface rust

Dunno what health and safety would have to say about that.

Better off using caustic soda!