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Descaling steel

Is there an easy way to descale steel before finishing? I have been grinding or sanding as much off as I can before painting. We are small so cost is a factor.

J.H.Weenink
Utility trailer mfgr. start to finish - Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
2003
publicly reply to J.H.Weenink

Hi, J.H.

Can't you buy your steel pickled and oiled? It is cost effective for a mill to pass the steel through a mechanical scale breaker and a pickling tank; but it may not be cost effective to do it yourself.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003
publicly reply to Ted Mooney

Thanks for the response, we have the pickled and oiled steel but only in the tube steel not in the angle iron which I use extensively.

J.H.Weenink
trailer building - Innisfil, ON, Canada
2003
publicly reply to J.H.Weenink

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