British (rusty) Steel!



Point of no return:  muratic acid- meet rusty hood.

I had tried evaporust, but it was at or below the 65*F they recommended and didn't work too well
  I will try it on other things when it gets warmer
The yellow streaks are rust being eaten by the acid.  Boy does it smoke.  The fumes will
knock you the __ out, so wear a respirator , goggles, and gloves.
This took several wipes of acid to totally clean it.

Heres the hood sans rust.  If you don't dry off the hood immediately after
rinsing the acid, it will flash rust as you watch.
 

self etching primer thrown on.  Also used as a wet sanding guide coat to find imperfections. 
 

Heres some imperfections.  Where the tarp laid on the hood, pitting.

After the wet sanding with a foam board and hammer and dolly.
A lot of places could be flattened, but these areas needed a skim
of the old pinkish filler material.