DIY 'repair' to my rotavator.

Habbakuk

I have a garden rotavator I've recently got hold of second hand and I would like to give it a 'f'ace-lift'. It has a belt guard which is metal and beginning to rust over and painted white. What should I use to clean this of the rust present and also what type of paint should I get to re-paint it and other metal parts white or red as the original colour? Thanks you.

Habbakuk

No help for me here? :-(

Ebe_Scrooge

To remove the rust, use either emery cloth or else a wire brush attachment in an electric drill. Clean it thoroughly with white spirit, allow it to dry off, then use Hammerite to repaint it. You can get this in a spray can, or ordinary "brush-on" stuff. Be warned, Hammerite is very good at what it does, but is a devil to clean off the brush. You can buy special purpose solvent for cleaning brushes, but to be honest it's cheaper to just use an old brush, or else a very cheap one from a pound-shop, and chuck it when you've finished.

gmgmgm

As Ebe says, use Hammerite paint.

If you think you can't get off all of the rust, a liberal application of Kurust will also help kill rust, before you paint over it.

27col

Hammerite and Kurust as already suggested.

DigForVictory

If you can get the belt guard off, pickle it in a citric acid solution to get the rust shifting, then rinse it, dry it (hair dryer often a useful tool!) then
+1 for Hammerite.