Sandblasting talk
4spd, I have been using Ospho, which is mostly phosphoric acid, to treat rust and am pretty happy with it. However, Ospho doesn't strip paint. Does Krud Kutter?
For cleaning up rusty nuts and bolts, and parts that have rust and paint, I first dip them in my parts washer, then remove most of the rust with a wire wheel in a bench grinder, then dip them in Ospho, then wire wheel them again, dip them in Ospho one more time and wire wheel them yet again. This leaves a nice, dull, natural-looking gray finish that seems to resist rusting again, so there is no need to spray them with Fluid Film.