Undoing Rust?


Ranger Kip

Ranger Kip

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Is there a way to stop or reverse the rusting process?
I seriously and heavily doubt there is, but I am curious.

Also, my frame is scaling badly, any ideas on a cheap fix that will make it safe and road legal?
 
Prevention for those that are in the rust belt would be to install a zinc anode just like on a boat.
 
mmmmm you gotta cut all that crap out and patch it. but make sure it is all gone or else it will continue to rust behind it. never done a frame before so can't help you with that
 
master hec0 said:
wire wheel and some rust resistant paint.
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i've never had good luck with rustoleum and such....


but some time i would LOVE to strip my cab and bed off and wire wheel the hell outta my frame and get some bedliner material on it or something similar.
 
Cutting and patching in new steel is about the only way to get rid of it. It also needs to be prepped properly, sealed, and painted (not left in primer.)

For your frame... sandblast it, that is cheap, but not really "easy" for most people. Then POR-15 after that.
 
Bedliner stuff is horrible for rust.... If you spray it over rust, it gets 10x worse.
 
baxtej44 said:
i've never had good luck with rustoleum and such....


but some time i would LOVE to strip my cab and bed off and wire wheel the hell outta my frame and get some bedliner material on it or something similar.
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i have been wirewheeling my body on my b2 and patching rust holes then using a rust resistant primer and factory color spray paint. im using a tremclad primer but for frame and stuff i would use something better i have heard good about por-15 but too expensive for me.
 
There are chemicals out there to combat and prevent rust. The Eastwood company sells several and they are not to expensive. Look them up on the internet.
 
Rust is the only life form know to man that cannot be terminated.
 
POR 15 is the doo doo in my book,worth every $.
 
Sandblast (use 00 silica or something similar) then use a good epoxy primer...will seal the bare metal and it will never rust again. Then apply your bedliner.
 
martin said:
Rust is the only life form know to man that cannot be terminated.
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Rust is oxidation, its air and metal. it oxidizes the metal, forming a chemical reaction that dries metal at an quick rate.

I got a 3000psi pressure washer, I will just use that on it and get everything off of it with water that I can. Followed by a wire brushing and grinding.

Following that, I will get black primer paint and rustolium/sealer mix, and mix it togther, It should seat pretty well. As for durability, I will add a glosse black overcoat w/ a sealer of its own. But the key is to have ALL RUST GONE. or else the entire event will fail. I think I might have SOME frame still good, but not much, might try getting a frame from an 83-88 and using that instead.
 
oil undercoat every year, as for rust the only way to stop it is to completely remove it. POR, Rust Bullet and Eastwood all make good paints. I have used POR and prep is the key. I have followed procedures with it with both good and bad results so my next product I want to try is Rust bullet
 
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