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- 1987
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Last winter was rough here and with the gravel they mix with salt and dump on the roads really beat up the paint on the trailing edges of the wheel wells of my BII and it is now showing some significant rust.
I want to get on top of this before I actually have some holes. Looks like rust on the back side too.
Saw in a thread that best thing to do was remove the rust then "seal it". I understand getting the rust off and down to bare metal but I have no clue what the best way to seal it is.
I've never done this. Not trying to do a perfect job but something to halt or significantly slow the progression.
So for those who are experienced, what tips can you offer?
What is best tools, method for getting the rust off in the first place?
What do I use to seal it? And when it comes to sealing/painting I am thinking the visible exterior surfaces and the hidden interior surfaces.
The exterior surfaces I would eventually want to get painted. I might even take it as far get some matching paint (or close) as a top color coat.
For interior I am just interested in rust protection so if there is something easier that protects well there as an alternative that might not want for exterior I would be interested in that.
And while I am at it, what other places are typical problems or otherwise would be good to protect on my BII?
Undercarriage has quite a bit of light rust but nothing really terrible. I been thinking of something like POR15 as a general protection underneath just painting over it, but I don't know if that really seals or if it is more marketing tricks than real value.
I want to get on top of this before I actually have some holes. Looks like rust on the back side too.
Saw in a thread that best thing to do was remove the rust then "seal it". I understand getting the rust off and down to bare metal but I have no clue what the best way to seal it is.
I've never done this. Not trying to do a perfect job but something to halt or significantly slow the progression.
So for those who are experienced, what tips can you offer?
What is best tools, method for getting the rust off in the first place?
What do I use to seal it? And when it comes to sealing/painting I am thinking the visible exterior surfaces and the hidden interior surfaces.
The exterior surfaces I would eventually want to get painted. I might even take it as far get some matching paint (or close) as a top color coat.
For interior I am just interested in rust protection so if there is something easier that protects well there as an alternative that might not want for exterior I would be interested in that.
And while I am at it, what other places are typical problems or otherwise would be good to protect on my BII?
Undercarriage has quite a bit of light rust but nothing really terrible. I been thinking of something like POR15 as a general protection underneath just painting over it, but I don't know if that really seals or if it is more marketing tricks than real value.
