Go kart cleaning (rust, grease, gunk, repaint)

[kart_goes_brrr]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to "restore" my go kart, there's a lot of rust spots everywhere, there's some tight spots that have gunk all over them, and the paint is stripping from the fan cover. I want to repaint it and remove all the rust. Any tips? Thanks.

 

[Denny]

Sand paper, wire wheel on a drill or grinder and sandpaper are now your new best friends!

 

[kart_goes_brrr]

Sand paper, wire wheel on a drill or grinder and sandpaper are now your new best friends!

Yyyup, I just wanted to see if there was any other shortcut. Hurrayy

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Yyyup, I just wanted to see if there was any other shortcut. Hurrayy

The only shortcut I can think of is paying to have someone else do it or paying for a large tank and lots of chemical

With this hobby, you either make lots of effort or spend lots of money.

 

[kart_goes_brrr]

With this hobby, you either make lots of effort or spend lots of money.

Yeah fair enough, sometimes it's both too. I'm currently preparing a plan on the restoration, also quick question, I've noticed my chassis is quite bent, is there a solution?

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Yeah fair enough, sometimes it's both too. I'm currently preparing a plan on the restoration, also quick question, I've noticed my chassis is quite bent, is there a solution?

Someone should really be able to have eyes on it to make that call. It could be as simple as, "bend it back" or bending it back could structurally weaken it to the point of failure (randomly).

 

[Hellion]

Get with that guy on Youtube that dips entire car bodies into a solvent bath. Takes 99% of all the paint and primer off and shows the rust, body repairs, Bondo, etc.

Yeah, right, but SOLVENTS are your friend. If you can get a good spray-on or brush-on paint remover, they can work wonders.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Get with that guy on Youtube that dips entire car bodies into a solvent bath. Takes 99% of all the paint and primer off and shows the rust, body repairs, Bondo, etc.

Lol that was exactly what I was thinking about when I mentioned the big tank and chemicals.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Wire brush in a drill and washing it off after then primer and paint. The little red rocket is to much fun!

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

...The little red rocket is to much fun!

Thats what she said.

 

[kart_goes_brrr]

Wire brush in a drill and washing it off after then primer and paint. The little red rocket is to much fun!View attachment 164894View attachment 164895View attachment 164896View attachment 164899

Woah the results are Insane! Really nice job! I'll write this as plan B, because I think I'm just going to send the chassis to a sandblasting service and then paint it. It's probably way less work that way.

 

[panchothedog]

Like Edwin said in post #4. Lots of effort, or lots of money. We all have a choice.