i was just wondering if anyone had any good ideas on how to effectively remove frame rust. here is just my personal situation; i have an 88 toyota 4x4, the previous owner rhinoed the frame, but now its peeling off. im getting surface rust, and before i sanded it down and re-rhino, it i was wondering if there are otehr ways of removing common frame rust. on a low budget of course.

 

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I don't know how much he's spent so far. Doesn't seem like much money. Time and effort on the other hand... Definitely lots of determination and love for a truck that others would get rid of.

 

I ground down any rust that I had on my frame or undercarriage to bare metal then painted over it with POR-15 when I bought it a year and a half ago and the POR-15 is still holding up great.

 

por15 is amazing, i know people that have used it and looks just like new a couple years later. just grind down all the rust you see. have you considered media blasting it? i know of a couple local places that will do it cheap

 

It is not the surface rust you need to worry about

It is the rust on the inside of the frame rusting from the inside out.

you also want to remove any of the loose under coating or what ever else the moisture can get behind and stays trapped. Then depending where you live just never dries out.

You could also do like the owner of a truck I see that has every off road after market item installed but has never left his driveway not much fun though.

 

get rid of that rhino lining as best you can and use the por15 don't redo the undercoating it's crap and will only add to the problem.

 

The only real way to remove the rust from a frame is to have the frame "dipped" at a restoration shop that has the equipment to do bodys or frames. This process removes rust in all frame areas. Once the frame has been "dipped", make any repairs or changes to the frame that you want and then have it powder coated, the frame will then outlast most of us. I know some people will say "Man that is expensive" but if you do most of the work getting the frame ready for the restoration shop, and you figure the cost of labor to prep, prime and paint, the cost of materials, and the length of time most frame paint jobs will last then the powder coating is reasonable. I had mine done over 20 years ago and still no rust anywhere. I can wash the frame by using Simple Green and a $2.50 car wash sprayer and it still shines like new.