got a little work done this weekend. I got the firewall stripped and painted using the KBS coatings system:
first I wire wheeled the whole thing and some of the rust I couldn't get out(PITA)
then I sprayed on the Rust Blast stuff which worked okay but not great. I seemed like it lifted the rust a bit so I could hit it with the wire wheel and get more rust out. It really isn't anything magical by itself at removing rust but it helped the process.
this is what it looked like after rinsing off the rust blast. it left a nice coat of zinc
then I used the Rust Seal to paint over it