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Default How to cost efficiently clean rust from steel plate

On 1/24/2013 12:07 PM, Ignoramus25707 wrote:
I have a bunch of street plate steel, that I want to magically
transform into welding tables.

They have rust on them, it is not horribly deep, but it needs to be
removed.

What is the most efficient way to do it using, say, a 9 inch angle
grinder. What abrasive things are best for it?



I don't know about cost effectiveness. I tend to use a wire wheel on a
grinder. On flat surfaces, the cup wheel style works best for me. I
asked a Sait salesman once about it and he suggested a flap wheel
sanding disk on the grinder - it works, but sure seems like a lot more
time and effort. There are some of those 3m type fiber disks that I
have not tried.

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