On Feb 5, 5:48*pm, "Maxwell" #$$9#@%%%.^^^ wrote:
"stol" wrote in message

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On Feb 5, 4:48 pm, Charles Vincent wrote:





stol wrote:
On Feb 5, 5:39 am, mhorowit wrote:
I'm removing surface rust on a 4130 fuselage prior to priming.

Assume I'm in a place where I can't use my sandblaster.
I need to get into the tight places of a cluster to remove surface
rust.
I can get pretty deep in the cluster with emery cloth, but there is
the last 1/8".

There are rust converter chemicals on the market. Is it OK for me to
use
a rust converter prior to priming or am I fooling myself? - Mike

get a finer grade of blasting media.. I can't see how you could get
any better results any other way.

Ben

I think he meant that he was in a location i.e. hanger where
sandblasting was forbidden.

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That now does make sense but if the rust is slight there are small,
portable sandblasters that would work using the smallest compressors..

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Rust converters not properly and completely flushed will corrode the
parent metal.. I guess I should have mentioned that first but I did
assume that is a no brainer.

My bad.

over and out.