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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

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.

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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2003

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

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