If you have new steel lines (what they sell in the racks in your auto parts supply store), you should be able to use some fine steel wool (#000+, but you will get a lot of steel wool 'fluff' all over the area if you try to do it while they're on the car. And I would worry about getting little metal fibers into electrical and moving parts). A very fine 600+ grit sand paper will probably work too.
I would stay away from the wire wheel as the high rpms can remove a great deal of material very fast, and the rapid ossilating motion of the wheel would just make it uneven. Also, the lines themselves are long and the surface area is stretched pencil thin along a large distance, and wire wheels are better for small, semi-flat patches. A wheel would be annoying to use. The old brake lines used to be copper, I believe. So you could try some copper cleaner (tarn-x, brass-o, maguiars etc) or your mother's trick of vinegar and salt with an abrasive kitchen pad (stinks but it works -Heloise). The problem with copper is that unless you are in a super humid free area, they will corrode again within a couple of weeks, and many repetitious applications of abbrasives can quickly reduce the wall thickness of the lines, which could promote a burst. Not to mention you will quickly go mad trying to keep them clean. The good thing about copper is that the oxidation doesn't schluff-off like on most steels, and this layer of corrosion actually inhibits the continuing oxidation of the copper to an extent. -Terry '76 Spitfire 1500-MkI http://www.firespitter.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
