In a message dated 6/21/06 2:37:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ianrcooley@GMAIL.COM writes:

> I was able to find a great deal of chatter about
> sandblasting in the archives, but thought there may be an alternative means
> to taking this off.  If

sandblasting for minor surface rust spots is kind of like weeding your garden
with a  15 ton backhoe /front end loader.

no reason to bring out the big guns if they're not needed.

sandblasting is involved and messy, and not as controlled as using a dremel
with a grinding/sanding wheel.
  i'd only reccomend sandblasting if there is major rust pitting, scaling
etc, and its affecting a large area.. as sandblasting will necessitate the
complete repainting of the area that you blast..
dont make a mountain out of a molehill..

usually a dremel or sanding wheel etc is all you will need to repainr minor
surface rust spots, and then you can treat, prime and spotpaint them with color
matched paint without respraying the entire bodypanel..

chris