Rust preventer

[howard jones]

Hi
Can any member recommend a ''good'' rust inhibitor ? I know from past experience there are many different ones out there and I have tried various manufacturers over the years, but never found one that I have been happy with. I have got a bit of surface rust showing in the usual areas ( nothing structural ) and want to apply some treatment ( brushable ) now, before getting her ready for a repaint come spring.

[tysonn]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VACTAN-RUST-C ... 1025597300?

Brilliant stuff.

[andy.pointeer]

I used Rust Buster FE-123 on all my rust and worked OK for me

http://www.rust.co.uk/products/category ... converter/


You will get various products suggested, its your choice.

[howard jones]

Thanks chaps for the recommendations. Great to have a forum like this !!
Howard

[les]

The only way to get rid of rust is to use acid, you will need to help it by wire brushing and maybe repeating. A rust converter is suppose to be an easy way out but a 'converter' will cover the rust but leave it there, it apparently neutralizes it but if you scrape the surface you will be able to see the original rust.

[Matt Tomkins]

I used Rust Buster FE-123 on all my rust and worked OK for me

http://www.rust.co.uk/products/category ... converter/


You will get various products suggested, its your choice.

Rustbuster sponsor us at the Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation (www.oumf.org), and i have been increadibly impressed by all their products.
The FE123 works supurbly - we tend to wire brush the majority off first, then this kills anything in the poures of the metal, and can be painted on top of.

Their hammerite equivalent (2-part stuff) is impregnable! get it in the wrong place, it's a case of filing or flap disking it off!
excellent products.

[les]

I'll try it next time I see any rust but it's labelled as a converter, rather than a remover, once rust is there I wouldn't have thought it could be changed into anything else. Sounds a good base if you can remove most of the rust first, as implied.

[Matt Tomkins]

Like all of these 'converters', it is phosphoric acid based, i believe. It simply converts the Iron Oxide into Iron Phosphate through a displacement reaction, and the displaced oxygen reacts with the hydrogen released from the phosphoric acid in the reaction to produce H2O.