Ridding of rust?

[hostage]

I have some surface rust on my trailer and I am thinking of taking my Drimel to it and then priming/painting it. I've done it on my old Avalon, never a trailer, any comments?

-Hostage

[reel clownz]

is it a galvanized trailer or painted? Ifs its galvanized they sell a coating at local auto parts stores thats like galvanizing in a can sort of..pep boys, advanced auto parts, auto zone..thats should be just fine. just make sure to clean the area with acetone if galvanized prior to painting. WEAR a mask when using a dremel on the galvanized trailer.. The dust that comes off is pretty nasty you dont want to breath that in. If its painted then standard car painting techniques apply.. good luck.

[JimS123]

A Dremel is like cleaning the floor with a toothbrush. Use an electric drill with a 6" coarse wire brush, then topcoat with Rustoleum Rust Reformer, followed by a coat of fishoil primer, followed by a coat of Rustoleum enamel. The job will last longer than you probably want to own the boat.

[kenmyfam]

A Dremel is like cleaning the floor with a toothbrush. Use an electric drill with a 6" coarse wire brush, then topcoat with Rustoleum Rust Reformer, followed by a coat of fishoil primer, followed by a coat of Rustoleum enamel. The job will last longer than you probably want to own the boat.

Agree but substitute electric drill with disc grinder.

[Snap43nib]

Use and angle grinder with a twisted wire wheel, or a small sandblaster. A drill or dremel will take for ever.

[stlouispondguy]

If possible a sandblaster is the way to go, I redone my very rusty trailer in 2-3days. taking every thing to bear metal.

[JimS123]

Rust reformer would actually "work" even if you didn't do any prep. Minimal prep is all that's needed. The wire brush will get all loose scale off and it'll only take a few minutes to do a whole trailer. A grinder will unnecessarily take off too much metal.

[paultjohnson]

Rust reformer would actually "work" even if you didn't do any prep. Minimal prep is all that's needed. The wire brush will get all loose scale off and it'll only take a few minutes to do a whole trailer. A grinder will unnecessarily take off too much metal.

X2 good plan

[swl]

I love that dremel. But its probably small for this. I gotta 4.5 inch angle grinder at harbour freight the other day for 10 bucks. Twisted wire wheel for another 6. As soon as it gets a bit warmer, im gonna attack the rust thats starting to form below the doors on my truck.

[garzilla]

2 grinders, 2 wire wheels, case of beer, and a buddy.


Watch them wheels though.....the wire's always have a way of flying off and sticking in some interesting areas

Guess I should start wearing jeans instead of Dickies pants in the garage.

[iSteelHead]

Go to Harbor Freight, buy a 7" grinder and a 6" wire wheel. Remove all rust and paint. Either use a spray gun, using Rustoleum paint or like 20 cans of flat black Rustoleum spray paint, their paint is very tough lasts forever. I sprayed my trailer last summer with a HVLP gun and Rusto Flat black, no chips in the paint yet, not even the fenders.