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[Arthurdaily]

Hi, what do you think the best tool for removing small areas of surface rust? For example the underside of my door frames are messy... a dremel with steel brush do you think?

[ASL642]

Try a thin bladed paint scraper first. You don't want to go through the metal. Take it gently at first and see how sound the metal is. Then a wire brush.

[RobThomas]

Type "ROLOC" into Ebay. These have been quite handy for me.

[chickenjohn]

Type "ROLOC" into Ebay. These have been quite handy for me.

That is interesting Rob! Do you have any before and after pics of a Roloc removing rust?? Does it work a lot better than a wire brush on grinder/ drill?

[Arthurdaily]

Do there just fit onto your normal electric drill then? If so, can you use the EDGE of the disc for awkward areas? Looks far more economical than 500 dremel wire brushes ha ha!

[RobThomas]

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Bottom of a door skin repair.

Fine grade grinding pad. They also do Crocus/Scotchbrite pads. The ROLOC system works by stuffing a holder into an electric or windy drill and then you can change pads with a 1/4 twist to remove them. Reuseable until the grit has gone and very quick to work. I paid £30 for 2 holders and 100 assorted pads in 2 sizes.
More controllable than a big grinder and easier than a dremel because the pads are a sensible size.

[Arthurdaily]

But can you use them 'side on' like you can with a dremel... as using them 'flat' might be awkward in areas such as round the doorframe... ?

That picture looks impressive though I have to say!

[RobThomas]

Not the standard stuff on ebay, but Roloc make lots of different 'tools' for this system. The big advantage is the ability to scour flat panels without digging into the steel. You are after the ones without the hard palstic backing, I think.

http://catalogue.3m.eu/en_GB/GB-ASD/Rol ... ase_System




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[bmcecosse]

A dremel is only for model making - pretty useless for any car work. Small angle grinder with cup wire brush and flap discs/wheels are the way forward.

[Arthurdaily]

Yes, for larger areas I'd agree - but for tiny areas in awkward places I have found nothing as useful as a dremel - but I think an angle grinder might be on my want list... I didn't know you could use flap wheels and cup brushes on angle grinders??