At 05:47 PM 3/20/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks to all for the seminar on rust and its removal. The trend was
>luke warm toward chemical rust removers. I agree, and have developed the
>80/20 rule for stripping and derusting panels. The chemical approach
>(I'm using Aircraft stripper and navel jelly) gets about 80% of the
>stuff in 20% of the time. Then mechanical abrasives, disc, sandpaper,
>scrapers, etc., get the remaining 20% and take 80% of the time, The
>T-type MG hood side panels are a real bear to get the louvres perfectly
>clean.
>
I agree Bill. I used Aircraft stripper to take the paint off the bonnet of
my TC. Trying to clean the louvers out mechanicly (abrasives etc.) woulb
have lead to madness. I strongly recommend it for panels that can be well
cleaned afterwards but I'd hesitate to use it on a body section that has
nooks and crannies that might retain some stripper after clean up. This
stuff is so agressive I wouldn't want the remotest possibility of any
remaining to keep working under the primer.
I never heard the 80/20 rule before but it sounds about right to me.
Cheers,
___ \______ Ross MacPherson
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/ (___)---------/ (___) Vancouver, BC, Canada
1947 MG-TC 3528 1966 MGB-GT
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