7 replies to this topic

[Chris_R]

I appear to have lots of little rust specs on my bodywork which i reckon has come from particles settling on the bodywork when i've been grinding and now they've rusted Is there anything I can do to remove these apart from flatting off with wet and dry? I think the paint is fairly thin and wont take much more flatting before I'm through to primer in places.

[ibrooks]

You'll probably find they are quite deeply embedded in the paint anyway as the stuff is usually red-hot as it comes off so is easily hot enough to burn/melt it's way into the paint when it lands. Budget for respraying any affected panels and move/cover your car next time.

Iain

[Wuldo]

ive been doin a lot of grinding my mini is alsolutely covered in it and i havn't had this problem it just wipes off
its red hot for millisecond as the particles are so small and are flying through the air which means they have probably long cooled before hitting the bodywork but thats only my experience

[sonikk4]

You'll probably find they are quite deeply embedded in the paint anyway as the stuff is usually red-hot as it comes off so is easily hot enough to burn/melt it's way into the paint when it lands. Budget for respraying any affected panels and move/cover your car next time.

Iain

I have to agree with Iain here the grinding dust is a sod to get rid off once its embedded in the paint. My Passat is covered in it and its in the Lacquer which is a right downer also the dust had got on our double glazing uvpc surrounds and has rusted into the plastic.

If you remove it straight away then you may well get away with it but once it starts to rust it seems to cling to the surface.

I have T cutted numerous times to no avail and i have had to use Acetone on the plastic sparingly to remove the rusty deposits so a lot of work even though the car was out of the way. The wind has spread the dust everywhere which had caused the other problems.

You maybe able to flat back and mop but if not then re painting maybe your only option.

[vaughn1]

try using a detailing clay, i use sonus clay quite alot as i get a bit of rust deposit on my focus st from both grinding near the car at home and from the works car park (i am a metalworker) . they do different strengths of clay dependant on how much contamination there is in the paint.

i think there is a newsh product called iron x of something, might be worth a look.

also bilt hamber is supposedly good.

[minim@t]

I once had this with one of my old minis, exept it was in the passenger side window, the sparks had embeded themselves quite deep into the glass and rusted,
So I would expect it to have gone quite deep into the paintwork

[sonikk4]

try using a detailing clay, i use sonus clay quite alot as i get a bit of rust deposit on my focus st from both grinding near the car at home and from the works car park (i am a metalworker) . they do different strengths of clay dependant on how much contamination there is in the paint.

i think there is a newsh product called iron x of something, might be worth a look.

also bilt hamber is supposedly good.

We have tried the clay approach but to no avail which is a bit of a bummer. It will take out a lot of impurities but once the paint is damaged its game over.

[BMH]

I use a scraper blade on glass and paint, i put a very slight bend in the blade and hold it as flat as possible to the body and scrape the contaminents away, be it grinding dust or paint ect.

Bryan