Clean rust from hubs
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Virginia Beach VA
Clean rust from hubs
I'm working on my brakes and have the front hubs off. I wanted to clean the rust off the back and paint them but the rust is harder to get off than I expected. I'm using the Lysol Power toilet cleaner but it's sloooooow. Is there a faster way or should I just neutralize the rust with Rustoleum and paint over it?
Racer
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Champaign Urbana IL
I agree with redman, the only why to go is a wire brush. I did that with mine and had to wear a mask because there was so much rusty dust in the air. You have to put some muscle into it and takes a fare amount of time, but well worth it. Heres how mine looked before and after.
and the finished product
and the finished product
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Virginia Beach VA
Thanks for the replies. The Lysol works, but very slowly on the thick rust on the back of the hub. The wire brush did the trick. I tried a fine one, but it wasn't enough so used a coarse one. Hitting it with the brush, then some scrubbing with the Lysol a few times and it's gone! I'll post some pics soon.
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From: Crossville TN
Leave the Lysol in the bathroom. Coarse wire brush, a coating of 'rust converter' to change it into inert coating, then paint with Dupli-color "Cast Iron" colored Engine Enamel. (DO NOT paint on the area contacted by the brake pads.) They will look like new....and they will stay like new.
