April 16, 2011

Today I went by Wal-Mart and picked up a paint a rust removal wheel to attach to my power drill. I hope the next time I get to work on the car it will prove it to be helpful. I've been doing a lot of searching online about popular rust removal procedures online. I've learned quite a bit about electrolysis rust removal, and rust removing products. After watching a few videos on the electrolysis processes and what it requires, I've decided I don't want a large electric bill in the process and I don't even want to consider the amount of time and money I would spend building a bath for a large scale process like a car. It seems like the problem isn't big enough to trade off that amount of money and energy just to be done once.

Then I went onto forums that focus and discuss restoration projects. Now, for me it's hard to accept, but is hard to deny, that my little project here will qualify as a restoration since my goal is not to put it back on public streets, but rather the track. On the other hand, to make sure that this project will at least be able to pass tech at any event, it needs to not only appear to be safe, but actually fit that same ticket. As I was saying though, browsing these forums I came across a number of threads that swore by a product called "Safest Rust Removal." It was easy to find with links all taking you to where? None other than http://www.safestrustremover.com/. Which has a link to a restoration I never even knew was going on, the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried, brand new, in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1957 and unearthed in 2007. It's a very interesting story. I got caught up reading it, and the restorers thoughts of the product for it's restoration. Looking through the pictures the website has, it seems to use a better approach to rust removal by "showering" the item you need treated. This would give me a much more likely success with a smaller bath for the car while using a $50-$60 sump pump to recirculate the product after it falss to the bath floor.

Well, enough of the science lesson that I got myself into. That's only if the rust damage seems to be more prevalent than what it seems at this time. I will be using the rust remover wheel first and if I feel the success is hard to come by after that, I will consider this route as a very likely back up plan.