rusted headers

[90bronco86]

Ive got a pair of headman long tube headers that i got from a friend and they are solid but they have quite a bit of surface rust and i was wondering if i could sand blast them with a low pressure sand blaster to get the rust off so i can paint them, any sugestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[miesk5]

yo 90,

you can have it blasted

Gacknar used "Right Stuff" rust remover

let it soak in for a few hours

hit it with a tooth brush, and then let it soak some more, rinse and repeat until all the rust is gone.

make sure that it dries 110%

Then I painted it with POR-20

Restoration pics by Gacknar (The Mall-Crawler, Jeremy, "Big grey megga beast") at http://www.supermotors.net/registry/4103/28096

 

[brad6920]

And when you go to put them on, make sure you soak the bolts with Liquid Wrench, WD-40 or some kind of penetrating oil so you have less of a chance of breaking the bolts off inside the head. Peronally, I busted 3.

Good luck.

 

[90bronco86]

Would sand blasting the headers harm them?

 

[miesk5]

yo, maybe esp if rust has gone deep