Alright, I'm underway on my restore of my new to me Tejas. Some questions: the top of the firebox here has been wire brushed and then hit with a sand flat on and angle grinder and 40 grit sandpaper. Its pitted quite a bit, and the metal isnt the new metalic shiny, and I'm not sure I could get it to that unless I had a grinding disk, but that seems like it might be more trouble than I'm trying to do. My main goal is to prevent further rusting and get it back to nice and black, and for that I have paint and primer.
My question is do I need to sand this more, and/or treat it with any chemicals to prevent the pitting/rust from rusting further before painting it? Or is it kind of a lost cause since the rust has already penetrated the metal?
My question is do I need to sand this more, and/or treat it with any chemicals to prevent the pitting/rust from rusting further before painting it? Or is it kind of a lost cause since the rust has already penetrated the metal?