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- Gary406
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on the car i just bought its rusty round the aerial quite bad.... what stuff can i dab on there to help slow it down.... i've seen KURUST says it turns rust to normal oxide in 15 minutes ... if i use then but a bit of primer and paint over that it might help to stop the water getting at the rust under it...
so has any1 used KURUST or any other stuff that i could use to stop rust in its tracks ...
so has any1 used KURUST or any other stuff that i could use to stop rust in its tracks ...
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- Gary406
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Re: Rust
will get sum today and treat it. its not to bad after another look... its not got to windscreen yet so should be ok if i slow it down with KURUST
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- Gary406
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Re: Rust
see how it goes over this winter . but if it looks like its spreading fast i will
1. remove aerial
2. grind a square out around the rusted area
3. get my brother in law to weld a square plate back on smooth it off and touch it up with paint
4. drill and replace aerial..
shouldnt be to hard of a job really once done should be ok .
just dont want it spreading towards the windscreen thats all.
1. remove aerial
2. grind a square out around the rusted area
3. get my brother in law to weld a square plate back on smooth it off and touch it up with paint
4. drill and replace aerial..
shouldnt be to hard of a job really once done should be ok .
just dont want it spreading towards the windscreen thats all.
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- Bailes1992
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Re: Rust
Is the red on your car laqured?
If it isn't then painting it should be easy as long as you got a good match as if it's faded a little polish will bring it back up.
Otherwise it's inevetable you will have a patch on the roof the total wrong colour.
Did abit of rust patching up in the same spot on my 406. Grinded away all the surface rust until I had decent metal, where it was too bad gone I cut it out with a dremel and patched it up a little bit at a time with fiberglass, skimmed it with filler and sanded back. Then primered and give it to a bodyshop to blow it in. Couldn't notice after that and never game back
If it isn't then painting it should be easy as long as you got a good match as if it's faded a little polish will bring it back up.
Otherwise it's inevetable you will have a patch on the roof the total wrong colour.
Did abit of rust patching up in the same spot on my 406. Grinded away all the surface rust until I had decent metal, where it was too bad gone I cut it out with a dremel and patched it up a little bit at a time with fiberglass, skimmed it with filler and sanded back. Then primered and give it to a bodyshop to blow it in. Couldn't notice after that and never game back
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- Gary406
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Re: Rust
sam do you know how2 remove aerial ??
think im gonna do what you did. sand down the rust untill i get good metal and fill and smooth it with filler. then paint over it ...
i will get all materials week after this week (get xmas out the way) and then hope for a dry day.
1st job will be removing aerial cos water is slightly leaking past it now ...
think im gonna do what you did. sand down the rust untill i get good metal and fill and smooth it with filler. then paint over it ...
i will get all materials week after this week (get xmas out the way) and then hope for a dry day.
1st job will be removing aerial cos water is slightly leaking past it now ...
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- Gary406
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Re: Rust
if i sand all the rust away then fill on top will that stop it from spreading ?
once aerial is re-fitted i will use a small bead if tigerseal around it to stop water going under it
once aerial is re-fitted i will use a small bead if tigerseal around it to stop water going under it
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Re: Rust
Best thing to do is Apply Krust, leave that on a few days,
then sand /grind off any rust, until you get ashiny metal apearing & level off with filler or whatever you chose to use,
then 2 or 3 coats of primer,
if its only a small area, Iwouidnt use Body filler or fiber glass its a waste of space and makes more work,
body filler/ fibre glass is only anygood for filling big dents imho,
if you have to sand/grind alot of rust out the area, jb weld or any liquid metal is best bet to level off and your car remains 99%metal - and its cheaper than Body filler or fibre glass,
is the paint on your car Metalic? if so iwouidnt try spraying in this cold weather , you need a warm area for Met paints,
then sand /grind off any rust, until you get ashiny metal apearing & level off with filler or whatever you chose to use,
then 2 or 3 coats of primer,
if its only a small area, Iwouidnt use Body filler or fiber glass its a waste of space and makes more work,
body filler/ fibre glass is only anygood for filling big dents imho,
if you have to sand/grind alot of rust out the area, jb weld or any liquid metal is best bet to level off and your car remains 99%metal - and its cheaper than Body filler or fibre glass,
is the paint on your car Metalic? if so iwouidnt try spraying in this cold weather , you need a warm area for Met paints,
- Gary406
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Re: Rust
i'll try get a pic today. it looks worse than it actually is
car is not metalic i dont think ..
so can that jb weld stuff be used to smooth over ?
car is not metalic i dont think ..
so can that jb weld stuff be used to smooth over ?
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