While you don t have to grind away all the rust you still have to remove the loose surface rust or the paint won t stick properly.
How to remove rust from truck roof.
Garnet is natural rock and anacapa s preferred medium for removing light to heavy rust from vehicles.
It can be reused several times and creates much less dust than walnut shell blasting.
Regardless it s best to correct surface rust as soon as you see it.
Mask off the affected area with paint appropriate tape.
Then feather the paint edges.
Then clean the sanded area photo 3 and apply the paint manufacturer s prep solvent.
Use a tack rag to remove particles from the unmasked area.
Then sand the rust using 40 grit sandpaper photo 2.
Start by removing as much rust as possible using the wire brush.
Follow the directions on the rust remover usually spraying or brushing it onto the rust and letting it sit for a few.
Sand the area to remove loose rust.
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Minor surface rust 1.
You can start with an aggressive grit such as 36 to remove heavy scale and then move to a less aggressive grit such as 80 or 120 to remove the remaining rust and surrounding paint.
Remove the remaining lumps with p80 grit abrasive paper keeping the area as small as possible.
The rust should be gone but.
You want a few inches of protection surrounding the rust spot.
The fix is not unlike general paint repair.
Crack off any blistered paint with a scraper.
Use a grinding tool usually a right angle grinder with a 2 or 3 grinding disc to remove the rust.