Yes sir, I agree with you %100.
But when I say wire wheel I mean wire wheel.lol I wire wheel to clean shiny metal. I would wire wheel the surface rust off I think blasting is cool if you have a blaster and don't mind the clean up, but I've tried blasting at home and its simply not worth it for me. I send big stuff that is too much work to the blaster and every thing else I wire brush and if its stubborn I use phosphoric acid and get to shinny metal.
This is how I wire wheel.
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