I don't know why you don't have more followers you're the TRUTH and if I have have problems during bodywork on my vehicle I come find you!

I'm doing my first body job and have zero hands on experience! You showed me more info than what works best for paint and rust removal! Thanks a ton!

I can't begin to tell you how much I love you and your attitude for life. I want to get my ass up and get busy but I pretty much stay busy. I am 76 from a Military family. All my family are dead. I am living on a meager disability check but keep my home up and now doing a little touch up on my old F-150. I watch your videos because I have not clue but your give me inspiration. I am just fixing some scratches and will use rattlecan paint from Autozone. Won't say the name. I bought a cheap DA, multigrit sanding and buffing pads, primer, paint and clear. Probably look like shit but I try to stay busy. I have great respect for you.

My GF wants to know who is yelling about paint in the living room..

@VIZZANCLAN

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for the info... amazing video to the point no BS Love it.... Just got a 1956 Cadillac Coupe De Ville in the Dallas area. Searching internet for how to videos. Yours is by far the best

I’m going to watch the rest of the video after I get back from harbor freight.

The nylon bristle wheels work great on cleaning up cast aluminum engine parts, getting rid of that white corrosion, and giving a factory looking finish on them.

Thank you, after seeing your video, I ordered a polycarbide disc, It's super efficient at removing paint and rust doing minimum damage to the good metal.

Sweet, saw those last time I went there, guess Ill grab a few of them next time. Great vid like always Pete!

Love this guy calls it like he sees it . I can respect that’s man plus he’s Vetran if I know one stand up man in my book!

Hey man I appreciate it I'm from Oklahoma my grandpa passed away and we had ideas of building my 1978 firebird hopefully one day I can learn and get around to it thanks for the info.

Pete,I’ve used that first abrasive wheel with a 4 inch grinder from harbor freight with 12000 rpm and I was able to do my floor boards to bare shiny metal in 1 day. You need more rpm to get more done

Thanks for the info Mr. I just started to take my C10 down to metal to get rid of rust and 80 grit and my D.A. didn't seem to work as well as I wanted them to. Im going to try these discs out.👍

we have those flap sandpaper wheels in oz pete they are good. what about those thin wire wheels you put in your drill pete they work grate on old paint and rust and would fit in the rubber grove. thanks for your time and effort you put into each and every video you make its always appreciated.

Thanks Pete! Very informative as usual.

Hi pete great video m8. You have a way of putting things makes me laugh. Keep up the good work. I think we are learning to cus if nothing else. All the best Danny uk.

I found a brass wire wheel useful for situations like this. Other than that, your results were same as mine. The first wheel you used when worn, puts out a lot of dust as it disintergrates. So I just use a cheap dust mask and eye protection. Great video pete.

fucking love pete.. my friend pete, your friend pete... best DIY channel ever

Nothing beats those poly carb wheels! I've used'm to clean rust, undercoating, paint, etc.. they do wear down, but for $10 you can get the ones that don't have bolts, so you can run them both directions - always works a lot quicker if you force the direction against the paint, not with it. I absolutely love these things, VERY little heat in to the metal too!

DIY school, Pete. my Dad had a stroke in 2013& didn't take as good of care on my Mom's car&he just gave it to me mercury Marquis 99 has only rust over wheels & like a chipped flaking on hood edges, being disabled I can't by ever tool out there,and being a female I love tools .I have one dremel and a Robie (spelled?) I think I have like a wired piece can I use this? oh I forgot to say it looks like my Father put a polymer over wheels on rust looks like it was a cream,clear but thick he doesn't remember, which is common in his 80s+ a stroke. Love your teaching I can hear and your close-up of product! just great And I got a harbor freight in Joliet Illinois about 45min form Diamond Il, Thanks Deb

Great tool review video. Thanks for upload.

I like the way you express yourself.

Good review dude. Keep up the videos.

Thank you, just bought one of the polycarbide discs from ebay, here in the UK we pay more, it was £3.35. There are a couple of small areas on my 1989 Volvo 340 that need cleaning up. Generally, it's in good condition, close to 200,000 Miles on the clock, no work on the engine/ gearbox/ clutch has been needed.

Good workmanship my friend pete 😊

Always thought these kind of tools were just for the hobbyist but actually I've used several ones successfully in tight spots, including the wire wheels and really have a bunch of them in different sizes in my toolbox. Even the cheapest unbranded tools have their best moments.

Its funny you just did this video because I just was in a New Harbor Freight a mile from my house on Saturday and I seen all the sand papers and body work supplies. I was going to ask you what you thought about them! Thanks again Pete for your videos

just found you while researching how to strip and refinish a 73 Jeep DJ5 grill. Your videos are awesome and you're funny as shit!

Love this dude. A fellow shipmate.

I use the black plastic wheels a lot. The ones I use are made by 3M, they cost me around $10.00 a piece, wish they were cheaper than that. They will mold themselves into corners if you push them hard enough. I use a 1/2 inch hammer drill for more power. You do have to be careful of heating the metal.

@JamesSmith-lt5zz

4 жыл бұрын

I use the blue black hawk ones. Try a few of them comparef to the 3m. There only a few dollars cheaper. But work great. I work as a painter at a custom trailer shop. And use them to remove rust and millscale. Cuts through both like Butter. But I'm using the grinder disc version

Hey Pete nice video ... I'm guilty of using a lot of HF stuff ... I find it has a 50% success rate ... thanks for showing this comparison ... now I know not to even try that orange P.O.S.

Pete, you can get smaller 2 and 3 inch poly discs in roll-loc type. work great to get into tight areas. With those wheels you bought you really need to watch the max rpms and the the tool your using . IF you use a tool that spins to fast for them they will disintegrate .

thought you were sending this car back...glad you stuck with it...these are good cars & you don't see them much anymore...l'd charge em' double for double work - it'll look good (done right) & they won't park it out in the weather

I bought the polycarb disc that fits on the angle grinder at Harbor Freight , stripped the front fender down to metal in less than 15 minutes with no effort

Pete what I do is go to the Car Wash late at night and shut water off and replace the hanging wash strips with 40 grit sandpaper and do the deluxe wash where it blows the grindings off . Just remember to keep your arm off the door as it removed my rough elbows and made it bleed! Do not to forget to remove the Sandpaper!!!!!!! before you drive away!!!

Eastwood makes a heavy duty one for the buffer and it works really good. They also sell them yellow gasket removers disks with the rubber fingers in 4_1/2 in. Thats what i used to strip my 55 Chevy and the first thing worked awesome. I loved that yellow gasket remover disk too and that thing kick ass in the hard to get areas. I bought wire wheels too and the things pete has but i didn't even need them the buffer thing worked so good.

@chrizzle6140

2 жыл бұрын

Love your channels pete great information.

Dude, this is the first time I've found one of your videos. Please stay yourself! Laughing my ass off! LOL! Subbed!

the poly carb disc works just as well as any disc to strip paint and or rust. my experience, when i use it with a lower rpm, like a drill, it works not as well as one that spins faster. my drill only goes up to 700 rpm. but when i use it with my impact driver, goes up to 1500-1600 rpm, it works like wonders as it doesn't require you to stay in one spot as long as one thats lower rpm. the disc lasts for a long time too which is very nice and saves me from having to go back to get another disc to finish what im doing.

@nofoxgiven6315

8 жыл бұрын

yes but at high speed you might get heat worping in your metal the slower the cooler the better.

@NipponNostalgicTV

8 жыл бұрын

But it doesn't work as well and it seems to be designed for speed. Just keep it moving, I've done bonnets and roofs with them - they generate less heat than wire wheels.

Pete I am doing a 74 bug frame off resto. I'm starting with a chemical strip in a small area and 9 layers later. I have stopped due to all the mixed info from the net about which primer i am to use on bare metal. I have looked at your videos and found one that gave some info about primers. My question is which primer do i use on metal, etching,epoxy primer or 2k primer?

Nice review Pete, wiil follow your way

Hi Pete, I noticed from your video about the Karman Ghia where Minnie is reapplying the door jam sticker. I'm restoring a '74 Super Beetle (your favorite beetle) and want to save the door jam sticker. How do I remove it I one piece and reapply it when the painting is done. Thanks for the videos.

I'd watch you work all day Pete! So entertaining and educational :). Can you trim that disk to make it fit in the narrow spaces? Would love to have Harbour Freight here! To use your term, we get fucked in the ass even for cheap stuff! Welcome to Ireland lol

Pete! Can I use these Polycarbide wheels to strip a whole vehicle??? I'm trying to fix up a 64 Ford Vanette step van that about 25% of it is rusted with some areas just surface and some pitted. I was thinking to strip the whole van to clean metal with carbide strip wheel, spray rust converter/preventer on the metal, cover it in MasterCoat, then epoxy primer, then some filler in areas and pits, then prime/paint. Does that sound good? Will these wheels work good? I watch a ton of youd videos! They are a real treasure, I'd never try this without your videos! THANK YOU!

Haven't tried those poly carb disc but they looked pretty good on the cheap.

@MrFireman164

8 жыл бұрын

I like them a lot for stripping and use them all the time

Dude I just realized that you look like Carl Malden ! i used to love the Streets of SFS :)

I,ve found the red disc works best on gasket surface cleanup. PS love your videos.

Hi from Australia. Firstly, I'm surprised you only just found these, I've been using these for a couple of years and I think I was slow on the uptake myself. Things are more expensive over here and for the "poly stripper" I pay around $12 for one that has a grinder backing plate for doing big flat surfaces and maybe about $8 for the one like you used. I've used cheaper black ones like yours and they work well but generally I use brand name ones that are much more durable (3M which are blue and some others I can't remember). I find high speed and light pressure works best and they are very gentle on the metal and magic at removing rust. I see guys still using wire wheel and no matter how much I tell them they rarely listen - I have to put one in their fucking hand and make them use it and then the lightbulb comes on. The nylon ones you got must be cheap knock offs as I found they do work and I have used them and smaller ones to get into tight places BUT their durability is atrocious and they just aren't economical.

@coolhandluke1503

5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever had a problem with warping on big flat surfaces due to heat?

@coolhandluke1503

5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever had a problem with warping on big flat surfaces due to heat?

I love how your drill plays music when you use it. Hahaha

@twincamtony408

4 жыл бұрын

Cv h

Nice and loud video 👍🏻

That had me busting up! Good lesson

What do they call that part were the weather stripping goes? It is a jammer? My 68 chevy impala needs to be fixed. That's why I'm asking great video!

Hey Pete,I have used Harbor freight for over 20 years.,and what it comes down to is you have to know what to buy and what not to buy.I have had pretty good luck with their air tools and all kinds of other stuff.I did buy a n air over hydraulic lift for lifting one end of a cars and had to send it back.They don't weld anything square and the lift I bought was way to jumpy and would go up and down to fast and would scare the shit out of you.Small stuff is best but be careful buying big things ,especially the welded together stuff ,like lifts or jacks and what not.They also sell cheap spray guns,and they do work but they're not good for a real quality job.Best used for priming,and spraying other things you wouldn't put through an expensive gun.

Those polycarbide wheels work great without eating up metal, especially on a grinder. They just don't last long. I get them on Amazon for a better deal on multiples.

Good lead on the carbide disk in lieu of the nylon one. Thank you.

nice vid,ill keep that in mind when I do jambs or tight spots.

For the tough little recessed, hard to get to areas, just use a little paint stripper---quick and not a big mess.

Great stuff. Probably saves me $200 on not buying an Eastwood STC fancy paint removal tool. How about heat build up?? Any worries?

best thing i found for the weatherstrip area in a trunk jam is those cheap wire wheels on a drill or die grinder! they are skinny and fit rite in there... but, wire come off like crazy. it gets all over ya and a little dangerous!

@TheMarcusGomez

8 жыл бұрын

same here. I use wire wheel

@TheMarcusGomez

8 жыл бұрын

same here. I use wire wheel

@mikemooney2503

7 жыл бұрын

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@arizotje

7 жыл бұрын

for cleaning metal from paint and rust, what wire brush you need to use? brass?steel?rvs? brass is maybe to soft and rvs make to much scratches or am i wrong?

@junksautomotive

7 жыл бұрын

Shane i just use a steel one. leaves a good finish. use safety glasses!

Pete I've seen flapper sanders that fit 4 1/2" angle grinders, is that even a possibility for anything? I've seen them at Lowe's

hey pete ive use those fibre wheels lots and they do work well. here in Canada we can get fibre wheel like that at our local Canadian tire . everything store and the even have one to fit 5 inch angle grinders and they really work I used them to strip the the paint off of a 67 Camaro I'm working on that had been painted atleast 3 times over the years with prime between top coats and they took it down to bare metal no problem . but what a mess lol hey I saw at diy autoschool the video on your plans for Utah sounds awesome and best of luck with it . I would be really into that experience to learn from a master sure so would may others and Utah is closer to where I live on the west coast too . look forward to hearing of progress n that. love the videos I get a lot out of them take care and keep them coming

My local sears hardware obviously went out of business and it was real convienant. I miss it.

Hi. Mr. interesting clip. I has my old car to remove old paint too. What tank size of air pump can use your air grinder? thank you.

I've used those black ones before. After some side use, they wear thinner. Might fit in the weatherstrip channel then.

Got a half square, half round on this situation Pete! By the way I gave you shoutout on my latest video!

try using a brass wire wheel gets in the tight spots works good for me

THANK YOU...for sharing.

Good advice. Thanx

Harbor freight is like the band Styx, they've got shitty and good things, but everyone likes to hate on them just because.

@FunkeeMawnkee

6 жыл бұрын

they have good socket sets&wrenches, I have had them for years still work fine

This guy is the Rich Piana of Bodyworks.

@superduty4556

4 жыл бұрын

Good fucking morning

Thank you Pete..

Hey Pete would you help me restore my 72' Chevelle.Great Video man

Dude ! Youre the shit ! keep up the good work ! God Bless TEXAS !

Put that black disc in an strong electric grinder or 1/2 inch drill its got big torque and wont bog down as bad. I wonder if that black disc could be turned on a lathe and maybe even ground to shape with a standard grinding wheel?? Or forced against an old file clamped in a vice to get the contour you want? Stay gold.

The fiber wheel is great for removing old gasket material from engine surfaces .🙂

I removed All my surface rust on my car with that polycarbior wheel Thanks Pete

You're so much awesome.

I haven't used the red nylon wheel before Pete, but I imagine that it would make short work of cleaning off old adhesive when replacing trim or emblems. I need to pull off some old trim from my truck and I know it to be a task to remove the adhesive and I know wd40 will loosen it up but wiping it off isn't fun at all from what I recollect from doing other similar detail work. Maybe that wheel if not to aggressive could be good for something like that. By the way the black polycarbonate wheel is a deal I agree, its stuff like that harbor freight is good for anyhow. I won't buy a mechanics tool set from there, but I will buy tools I know will probably break eventually no matter where they are made. I have set off shit tools and quality tools. Shit tools for loaning out, or over stressing, abusing their integrity just put them to the test. Harbor freight tools are great deal for stuff like that. I would also mention that by the time your done with stripping down that deck jam the wheel may be worn down enough to fit in that narrow gap. If not I think they sale various widths of the same wheel as they do in diameter.

@rustyjeep2469

7 жыл бұрын

Forrest Mayhugh I would not use the red wheel if you want to preserve your paint. Use a rubber eraser wheel to remove the adhesive. If it's on there really thick you can soak it with adhesive remover and use a plastic razor blade to scrape most of it off beforehand.

Just wondering. How many cars have you restored?

great video

What kind of tool is that you use to get the rust off.

The red one works great for removing old gasket material off of surfaces

I've been using them for over 20 years, you should get out more.

I googled sandpaper wheels and their are all kinds that you can order on line

3m also has a similar disc more money but works well also.

I found Harbor Freight to be the place where you buy tools that you aren't going to make a living with or for a tool that you're only going to use once or twice. I saved a lot of money on a transmission jack for my Ford F-150. It fits under the truck and you use a ratchet to turn a threaded shaft to raise and lower it. I paid $70 Bucks for it and only used it twice, but it served my needs. I couldn't see paying two to three hundred bucks or more to buy a professional jack. Like I said, it's not for making a living with, just to fix your problem. After all, you might be able to sell it because my truck transmission problem happens to other poor bastards like me.

they make different sizes of the polycarbide wheel to fit in tighter spots

@garywhitaker7245

7 жыл бұрын

Where did you find the smaller wheel?

@raymondgardner5354

7 жыл бұрын

I believe keystone sells them, they have the same diameter just a thinner profile, and I believe it's either 3m or Norton that makes them

Died when he said Tie-Wayne 😂🤦🏽‍♀️😂

Honesty 👍

Wat tool is that that his using grinding the trunk with?

Hey Mr. Pete, a suggestion for you. without giving away to much about yourself I thought people might be interested in knowing how much they too can charge a friend to do work. A round about charge per job someone who is halfway decent who wants to charge fair an stick it to the man!! LOL.. Thanks again for all you do!

I use the black one with 20.000rpm machine, and it works VERY well, maybe the red one needs more speed to.

Harbor freight air chesiel. worked maybe two or three times lite duty use. Its now in the garbage in two sections as the barrel stripped out and it wont stay together as one working unit. Plus not enough power when it worked. Electric wiz wheel workin good and seems to work better more i use it. Sandpaper to wet sand totally useless.all day sanding so i could buff. i was like wtf? All the grit came off after a few minutes. Took me a while to realize they stuck it in.

Thanks man

Harbor Freight tools definitely are not the best quality, but I found for at home projects they seam to work. I have one not far from me and they got out of a few jams. Just like you said Pete nothing made in the USA but get it in the ass.

Flap wheels are available on eBay still.

Now this way the rust won't fuck me in the ass. Thanks my friend Pete!

My Friend Pete why not use a wire wheel ? Great Review

HAVE USED IN DIE GRINDER RATHER THAN DRILL....FIND THEY STRIP GREAT...AND IN TIGHT SPOTS USED ROLOC DISC....

the red or orange poly bristles are crap for automotive bodywork

@broken1965

8 жыл бұрын

also the farm implement store's like Fleet &Farm if you live by one carry tons of different wheels and cup brushes flapper wheels flap disk etc..

to fit that wheel in to the channel, pop the bolt out of the wheel, run the wheel through a band saw to make it skinner, put it back together and letter rip.