Got a few rust spots to treat and I was thinking of a tool like a Dremel to lightly grind away the rust. Is this the best tool to buy? Any other options?
Dremel's are great for all sorts of jobs but are pretty lightweight where bus fettling is concerned....standard resto kit would include an half decent angle grinder....can be used to chop, linish , grind bits off, plus you can buy sanding discs, plastic and glass polishing mops etc. to fit...all good stuff. Checkout Makita, Dewalt or good old Black and Decker'. Maybe even a compressor if you're budget will stretch to it...can be used for loads of other jobs...even spot blasting! If you want to do your rust spots properly, you need to be quite ruthless...would be worth taking it to a classic car restorer to get a quote for spot blasting...maybe cheaper in the long run
If they're minor corroded areas, a Dremel with a small wire brush in should be fine. Anything bigger'll need something more heavyweight.
Dremmel type rotary tools are no good for treating surface rust bubbles on vehicle paint work Be warned most rust bubbles are rot breaking through the paint thats started from behind the panel Rust bubbles are often like an iceberg where its only the tip showing and the majority is underneath Normally a good poke and scrape with a flat bladed screwdriver to reveal the extent of the corrosion then a wire brush on a drill or angle grinder Is the best approach Put some pics up of the rust you want to treat and we can advise better
I was just wondering the same thing. My gutters are getting scabby, mostly flaky paint but a wee bit of surface rust on the top edge, and I wondered if a rotary tool was the best way to clean them out?
i've got a dremel, and it is really handy for minor and hard to get at jobs. i got the expensive digital one first which i burnt out, then got the 30 odd quid one and its lasted forever! dremel after sales service is non existent! couldn't find anywhere to get it fixed, contacted them direct and got no answer
