Aircooled VW South Africa

ZeroAxe wrote:If you are going to use one of those wire wheels on the angle grinder, make sure that you wear a FULL face mask/shield(almost like a welder's helmet). Those wires DO COME OFF..... ask me how I know!?

And the bits of wire that come off every few minutes are able to go straight through an overall and embed themselves in your flesh. Ask me how I know ...

What he said!!!!!

Surge wrote:

ZeroAxe wrote:If you are going to use one of those wire wheels on the angle grinder, make sure that you wear a FULL face mask/shield(almost like a welder's helmet). Those wires DO COME OFF..... ask me how I know!?

And the bits of wire that come off every few minutes are able to go straight through an overall and embed themselves in your flesh. Ask me how I know ...

How do you know....

...and if you work outside, wear sunscreen

The wire wheel that I had bought is too soft to take off rust and barely scratches the paint

Apparently, 3M make a wire wheel or similar that removes paint and rust very easily, goes for around R120-00 per wheel

Well, 40 grit sandpaper removes everything very easily!!

The only problem now is getting rid of the soundproofing that VW stuck to the pan, I can get large pieces to chunk off, but now there are numerous smaller pieces that are stuck to the ribs

Trying to figure out the best way to get them off

Don't have a heat gun or wire brush sadly

hhhmmm....similar issue with mine! Perhaps try contact glue remover. It worked like a charm on mine, you just have to work quickly. I pull off about 5l of contact glue off my pan! It wont damage the paint either!!

Where do I buy contact glue remover from?

Wire brush no good, bought one and tried

Chris wrote:

Surge wrote:

ZeroAxe wrote:If you are going to use one of those wire wheels on the angle grinder, make sure that you wear a FULL face mask/shield(almost like a welder's helmet). Those wires DO COME OFF..... ask me how I know!?

And the bits of wire that come off every few minutes are able to go straight through an overall and embed themselves in your flesh. Ask me how I know ...

How do you know....

I picked out small 'fly-off' pieces of wire out of my skin with pliers!!!!!

















Ok, maybe not pliers, but they had to be pulled out

Zero axe, i know that feeling, i my self do not like thos wire brushes,

and to learn you oke something of metalurgical.
Sorry guys , i will have to do this in afrikaans, my engels in metalurgie is nie goed nie
moet nie n staal borsel gebruik om n staal opervlak skoon te maak nie, want die Yster ioone in die borsel reageer met die yster ione in die staal operflak, en dit verspoedig dat daar weer roes sal kom, gebruik n koper draad borsel op n staal opervlak.

That will be the firs tool that gets stolen for da scrap dealer

SUZIE wrote:Zero axe, i know that feeling, i my self do not like thos wire brushes,

and to learn you oke something of metalurgical.
Sorry guys , i will have to do this in afrikaans, my engels in metalurgie is nie goed nie
moet nie n staal borsel gebruik om n staal opervlak skoon te maak nie, want die Yster ioone in die borsel reageer met die yster ione in die staal operflak, en dit verspoedig dat daar weer roes sal kom, gebruik n koper draad borsel op n staal opervlak.

*don't use a steel brush to clean a steel surface.The steel ions in the brush reacts with the ions in the surface,and that speeds up the forming of rust.Rather use a copper brush on a steel surface*

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builders warehouse sell contact glue remover. I actually think its made by Genkem. i used about 2 bottles on my pan. Just try and work with it when its cool. I cant promise anything, but it might be worth a shot. +- R40 a bottle.