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On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 09:49, Jim Showker wrote: > >Yea a mess, but unless you can get a sandblaster and do it right the > > POR 15 stuff and such will eventually fail. > > I wonder if you're familiar with an air tool called a needle scaler. it has > 9 or 10 small rods protruding out one end that act like mini jack hammers. > It removes scale and rust down to the basic metal where a thin coating of > rust will be left that can be gotten with a wire brush. > > Harbor Freight has them for $49.95, on sale at the moment. It makes an > unbelievable racket, so you must wear ear protection, but it works. > Look at the air consumption on those. You will need a GOOD air compressor to handle it. Also, You don't want to get too aggressive with it. You can go through. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~