Rust removal

WishIHadACamaro · #1 (**permalink**) 06-05-2005, 08:04 PM

Anyone wanna tell me some rust removal techniques?

ta12sec · #2 (**permalink**) 06-05-2005, 09:48 PM

wire wheel and sand paper yo

JoeliusZ28 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2005, 10:08 PM

ive been working on my truck all day... ill get some pics up for ya.

in writing... i had a couple little bubbles around the chrome trim on the edge of the fender. i took the side that appeared worse off first... didnt look like much, figured i could wire wheel it down and she'd be good as new. I did that, and it did look like shiny new metal... for a second. Then a dime sized hole broke in :smt076 Rust was all inside that, and the hole was about the size of two dimes by the time i was done wheeling. figure ill stuff some bondo in it.. the holes are under where the trim would be.

The other side only had one tiny bubble smaller than a dime showing. I took the chrome trim off and guess what, its all rotted out underneath it... gaping hole :smt076 . Havent even started wheeling that yet, im afraid to.

ta12sec · #4 (**permalink**) 06-05-2005, 10:14 PM

ryan the best way is to cut out the cancer and start patching

JoeliusZ28 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-05-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ta12sec

ryan the best way is to cut out the cancer and start patching

im doing that with the area underneath the extended cab on my truck.... heres an old picture, rust is 3x bigger now. the bubbling i was talking about in my above post is just above the rear fender trim... not visible.

WishIHadACamaro · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2005, 10:06 PM

YAY! Im getting there, i started today working on some sh*t.

Rare4thgens · #7 (**permalink**) 06-07-2005, 03:36 AM

Remove all the loose stuff with a wire brish or paper like Brad said then either buy some zinc primer and or rust converter spray, then paint the sucker.

White Phoenix · #8 (**permalink**) 06-08-2005, 02:50 AM

dont some people melt some brass or nickle or something like that into the area....that allows the rust to never come back in that area...

Rare4thgens · #9 (**permalink**) 06-08-2005, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by White Phoenix

dont some people melt some brass or nickle or something like that into the area....that allows the rust to never come back in that area...

no no, what you are thinkin of is lead and it is done because it doesn't lift much over time like bondo but that is not for rot. It is for filling in door handles, seems etc... for Kustoms.

Now for the rot I see in that picture, if it were mine I would agree with Brad again, it needs a patch panle to be done right.

k's89rs · #10 (**permalink**) 11-28-2005, 08:59 PM

ive had some problems with rust on my camaro. for the majority of the rust, im using POR 15. its real good stuff, now obviously you cant use it on deep rust, but if you still have some metal left i highly suggest you consider it.