With the duest of respect, that's not really what Dremels are designed for. You need either a drill mounted wire brush or an angle grinder with a wire brush attachment.

I'm wary of those. I've had too many strands of wire poking out of various parts of myself just using a slower-revving one in a drill to want to go near one in a grinder. <grin>

Wuss? Me? Damn right. Better that than a human porcupine.

Protective clothing? Well, yes, I know, I know... <grin>

B'sides, in a drill, they're more than capable of getting even the mankiest of surface back to bright without too much effort.

Of course, for really small areas (like James seems to be talking about) a wooden wire brush and a bit of elbow grease will do the job.

I bought some of those resin impregnated brushes that they sell as an alternative to drill mounted wire brushes. They are supposed to prevent the shedding of flying wire bits, and last several times longer than a wire brush does. I think mine will last indefinitely, as I don't use them because they're crap.

ive got 2 drill attachments, one huge one ansd a smaller one, but i still think the dremel is the perfect tool (personally speaking) it gets into little gaps that the drill cant, such as inside the boot floor at the bottom of the rear sweep, was a small bubble on inside, now, sorted

i geuss its one of those things, tis like women with what fragerence they where, but with us men its tools personally i think that the dremel does the job, designed for it or not

i have a wire brush, similar to a tooth brush, same size, but i had a proper wooden one, except it was so rusty that when you used it the bristles falled out doing nothing!!

I've had that with a cheap wire brush, but recently I found one with twirled up 'pigtails' instead of individual strands, which seems to do a good job, and so far has inflicted zero pain!

Though actually, even that can go through sound metal if one's not careful, I tend only to use it when removing underseal etc.



I've just got a dremel though, I don't use it for much but it is invaluable for getting in to little places where the grinder can't, and is still powerful enough to grind down weld etc.

i cut through a few bolts the other day with mine, took bloody ages but worked!!

I used one of these to strip a door recently. Want me to take some pics and post em up?

wouldnt do any harm i geuss