Best way to strip rust?

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Boris113

Boris113

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Hi guys, just wondered what everyone uses to strip flakey rust from metal components such as inner wheel arches, chassis' and axles?

I was cleaning up an axle today and used:
- hand-held wire brush
- angle grinder wire brush cup
- drill mounted wire brush cup
- drill mounted sand-paper type flap wheel

The angle grinder seems to do the job best, but the cups wear out quickly, don't fit around all the brackets and are too expensive.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Harry
 
You can get silverline cheapo cup brushes from my local motor factors for about three quid. They're twenty odd in places like B&Q.

I use them all the time for cleaning metal up for weld prepping and they're cracking.
 
i got one of these about 2 years ago and ive used it abused it even removed all the dead ivy off a concrete garage with it and still not fooked it up

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All of the above, and a cheapo £12 rotary, dremel wanna be spinny around thingy for the awkward bits. Comes in handy with it's little grinding pads and mini wire wheels. The flex shafts you can get come in handy too for getting up in side tight spaces.
 
If you have awkward spots where you need metal clean enough to weld then get a die grinder or Dremel and tungsten carbide burrs to fit. they are ace :)
 
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