paul the 6th
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I'm due to start building the chassis for a haynes roadster project in the next few weeks and have a few questions about "surface rust" on the 1.6mm 25x25 box section which is used to make the chassis...
There's been a few offers of complete chassis's for sale recently, and now an armoto flatpack chassis (cut using laser guided mitre... or something along those lines - anyway it's more accurate than me in my garage with my mechanical mitre) which is unused and no longer needed AND has been stored for 6 months...
All of these offers have included the usual "There is some light surface rust which isn't a problem if you're having it blasted/powder coated" etc....
I've heard about the electrolysis method for de-rusting (although I do need to do some more research since I'm not 100% on exactly how it works) but I dont think this will be very good for chassis tubes & rails due to their size.
Am I right in thinking I'll only need to de-rust the area's where I'll be welding i.e. the ends of the tubes and anywhere else the tubes will meet?
If it's as easy as this, will a wire brush and some sand paper be enough to remove the rust?
I've only had my welder a week and I'm still practising, so still getting the hang of it... (just incase any of you are worried about my welding abilities being pants & not upto the job of making a nice strong chassis....)
Any advice greatly appreciated Thanks in advance, paul w!
There's been a few offers of complete chassis's for sale recently, and now an armoto flatpack chassis (cut using laser guided mitre... or something along those lines - anyway it's more accurate than me in my garage with my mechanical mitre) which is unused and no longer needed AND has been stored for 6 months...
All of these offers have included the usual "There is some light surface rust which isn't a problem if you're having it blasted/powder coated" etc....
I've heard about the electrolysis method for de-rusting (although I do need to do some more research since I'm not 100% on exactly how it works) but I dont think this will be very good for chassis tubes & rails due to their size.
Am I right in thinking I'll only need to de-rust the area's where I'll be welding i.e. the ends of the tubes and anywhere else the tubes will meet?
If it's as easy as this, will a wire brush and some sand paper be enough to remove the rust?
I've only had my welder a week and I'm still practising, so still getting the hang of it... (just incase any of you are worried about my welding abilities being pants & not upto the job of making a nice strong chassis....)
Any advice greatly appreciated Thanks in advance, paul w!