Outer floor rust

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Hey everyone,

Been dealing with wet floors for a little bit and decided to rip the carpet out and assess the damage. Honestly, there was a lot less than I expected (so far).

It seems like the only rust may be what I have pictured here (that’d be nice, huh?). Anyways, I was wondering how I could go about repairing that and then later identifying where the water’s coming from. Can I cut it out and find some sort of patch panel online? What would that even be called? I don’t think the floor panel replacements went out that far.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions on getting the change/phone holder out, that’d be very much appreciated. It’s the last thing holding my carpet down, and as you can see in the third pic, I have no idea how to get the screws out (if they even are screws)

Thanks a ton!

 

[franklin2]

I don't see any rust holes? I would put a wire wheel on the end of a drill and get all the loose rust off, and then get yourself some rustoleum rusty metal primer and coat it with that. That will stop the rust. You can get a quart can and throw-away brush and brush it on (recommend that) or you can mask the area off and get a spray can of it. Just make sure you shake the spray can or stir the paint can up really really good. This paint has a lot of solids in it, it works well. But all the goodies will be in the bottom of the can if you do not stir it up good. The spray can will clog easily if you do not shake it really good.

 

[SenorNoob]

Took me a minute to find that last picture. I thought you were talking about the rust around the screw holes.
I'm with franklin2 on this one. Use a brush. The rusty metal primer is some seriously thick stuff. It's the same color as the rust...

Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Brown​

As for the other, I'm not super familiar with newer trucks. Can you post a picture of what you're trying to remove?

 

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I’ll try to upload another picture of what I’m trying to remove after the gym. Sorry about how they uploaded earlier, I couldnt for the life of me get them to upload the same way on my phone.

The rustoleum was my initial thought, but how well does that work? I always heard if you want to “do it right” the best thing to do is cut it out and replace with a clean patch. I’m not adverse to going that route, just don’t know if there’s a patch panel to cover that area or if I have to try to make somethin myself.

And yes, no rust holes yet but I like to catch and fix things as early as I can before they become a bigger problem. Learned that the hard way with my bed unfortunately lol

 

[Peace.png]

Took me a minute to find that last picture. I thought you were talking about the rust around the screw holes.
I'm with franklin2 on this one. Use a brush. The rusty metal primer is some seriously thick stuff. It's the same color as the rust...

Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Brown​

As for the other, I'm not super familiar with newer trucks. Can you post a picture of what you're trying to remove?

That whole plastic piece is what I need to get out. The holes there are always covered by a piece of plastic, which is why I’m so confused as to why its so dirty, or corroded, or whatever’s going on.

 

[franklin2]

Get all that junk out of there, there is probably a couple more screws up that way.

If the floor is solid after you get the rust off, there is no reason to cut it out. Rusty metal primer is just that, it works very good to stop the rust. Just get as much of the loose rust off that you can.

 

[Peace.png]

Get all that junk out of there, there is probably a couple more screws up that way.

If the floor is solid after you get the rust off, there is no reason to cut it out. Rusty metal primer is just that, it works very good to stop the rust. Just get as much of the loose rust off that you can.

The back is loose, the problem is that I cant seem to scrape all the crap off the screws (if they are screws) in the front two holes pictured to even get a driver tip into them.