Surface corrosion on mild steel

Feb 03, 2021 at 09:52 PM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Living in Arizona we don't have a lot of rust concerns. Hoping there are suggestions for rust on trailer frame rails, mild steel. I want to knock off surface rust and apply a color coating, but of course i can't spend the time to sand it to get it perfectly smooth and corrosion free. Any thoughts on a coating? Art Pfluger

Feb 03, 2021 at 09:52 PM CST

Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

Living in Arizona we don't have a lot of rust concerns. Hoping there are suggestions for rust on trailer frame rails, mild steel. I want to knock off surface rust and apply a color coating, but of course i can't spend the time to sand it to get it perfectly smooth and corrosion free. Any thoughts on a coating? Art Pfluger

Replied on Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 04:50 PM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Hello Art , hope all is well In AZ. We had some liquid solvent we got from Napa. You sprayed it on and let it it set for awhile. The longer it was on the stronger the results. It works very well. We used pressure washer to remove the solvent and flackey steel . It would clean steel up nicely . I'm sorry though I don't remember the brand name . Napa may be able to tell you or have a Napa brand.

Replied on Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 04:50 PM CST

Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

Hello Art , hope all is well In AZ. We had some liquid solvent we got from Napa. You sprayed it on and let it it set for awhile. The longer it was on the stronger the results. It works very well. We used pressure washer to remove the solvent and flackey steel . It would clean steel up nicely . I'm sorry though I don't remember the brand name . Napa may be able to tell you or have a Napa brand.

Replied on Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 04:11 PM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Eastwood Corporation used to make a rust encapsulator that would allow a person to paint over rust. paint it on good and heavy then apply the color. It used to work farily well. the product would convert into a primer and stop the rust.

Replied on Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 01:50 PM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Thanks for the help. Eastwood makes a large variety of products. Gonna try them.