Any question answered...

Thought I'd open this up to the hive mind.

I am converting my spoked motorcycle wheels to tubeless. The process I'm going with is:

• Loctite 290 Threadlocker (Wicking Grade) dripped into the spoke/nipples
  
• 3M Extreme Sealing Tape over the nipples in the rim bed
  
  

I have some slight rusting, more crazing, around some of the spokes. Unfortunately it's quite hard to photo because of the shiny chrome vs the black rim.

My questions are these:

1. Do we think these small areas of rust need to be dealt with before applying the 3M tape?
   
2. What rust product / process would you use? (bearing in mind we need an oil free surface and any possible risk of some of the product being left in the nipple thread)
   
   

Cheers!

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