i got a white car, and im starting to get a couple small rust spots. what is the best way to treat these spots so they dont come back soon and show through?

check some of the pics out, tell me how bad it is
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290292207

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Modified by turbo4racing at 4:29 PM 4/24/2003

 

Sell the car! Quick!


To do this right requires a significant amount of effort.

Hatchattack242 can tell you more about this.

 

its just a little rust spot, not THAT big of a deal right?

 

Without seeing the rust it's really impossible to say what the solution is!

If it's surface rust caused by a scratch in the paint the answer is to sand it down and repaint if possible. If it's not possible to sand it down, you may try lightly sand blasting the area (being carefull not to heat up the metal and distort it!). There are also "rust converter" products (like Por15) that will make the rust inert.

If the rust that is shown is due to the metal rusting through from the back side, the only real solution is to cut out the rusted area and weld in new metal!! I've delt with a whole bunch of old cars (I also own a 64 Chevelle 2 door wagon) and can tell you that this is the ONLY solution that will work and last! Depending on the value of the car, it may not be worth doing!!!!!!

Wes Vann

 

Rust is less dense that the original metal. So actually the more rust you have the faster your car will be. It's been working for me so far.

In all seriousness Wes is right. The only way to get rid of it for good is to insert a new piece of sheetmetal.

 

damnit, how do you insert pictures?




Modified by turbo4racing at 5:02 PM 4/23/2003

 

host the image on http://www.imagestation.com or something, then put the url for the image in betweent the [img] things. btw delete the .orig.jpg ending on the pic or else it won't show.

 

here are a few pictures i took, let me know what you think. am i screwed?
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290292207

 

if you think i can fix it, whats the best way to do it?

 

Help!?

 

Here's a system that will stop it from spreading..

http://www.counteractrust.com/counteract.htm

 

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does it work?