[DanM]

Well here's my situation... the block has been tanked already, it's sitting in my machinists shop. I was over there today, and didn't examine it extremely closely, but I looked enough to see that it was pretty rusted.

Basically what I need to decide now is whether I want it sandblasted or not. If I do, then it should be sandblasted before the machine work. If I'm going to skip the blasting and just paint it, then he can go ahead with the machine work.

I'm just worried that if I don't have it sandblasted, some of the rust might be so thick that even the POR-15 kit won't paint over it, or leaves a ****ty finish when I paint over it. Hell I'm worried that even if I DO blast it, it might not take off all the rust.

So in other words, Option A is to do nothing, go ahead with the machine work. Option B is to have them blast it, then go ahead with the machine work. Option C is to bring it home, and attack it with sanding/grinding tools like you did, then take it back for the machine work. Just not sure which approach is best....