Rust bubble removal
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Rust bubble removal
Originally Posted by rx7doctor
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anyone know how to get rid of rust bubbles from the drivers side rear wheel arch? got a few beginning there, and i would HATE to use bondo... My car is way too good for that!
but my interior is mint
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Unfortunatly rust like that starts from the inside and works its way out, once you see it its too late...
I have some ideas on how to fix it, but your not gonna like any of them as they all involve massive amounts of metal work...
How is the rest of the car as far as rust goes?
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I have some ideas on how to fix it, but your not gonna like any of them as they all involve massive amounts of metal work...
How is the rest of the car as far as rust goes?
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Originally Posted by 82transam
Unfortunatly rust like that starts from the inside and works its way out, once you see it its too late...
I have some ideas on how to fix it, but your not gonna like any of them as they all involve massive amounts of metal work...
How is the rest of the car as far as rust goes?
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I have some ideas on how to fix it, but your not gonna like any of them as they all involve massive amounts of metal work...
How is the rest of the car as far as rust goes?
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You'll have to cut out the rust & weld in new sheetmetal, if it's like every other car that rusts around the wheelwell (starts from the inside). And yes, you'll have to use bondo ( to finish out the welds): why the hell are folks so afraid of bondo? Every custom car & 99.9% of every car on the road has some!
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Yea I'm not sure why everyone thinks bondo is evil, probably because so many do it yourselfers use only bondo for repairs that should have used other methods as well. A little bondo to smooth out a weld, or to fill a small ding is perfectly fine, and if properly done will last as long as the rest of the body work around it.
As I said earlier, and Tha Driver just said, it starts from the inside, there is no easy fix for it, sorry man
As I said earlier, and Tha Driver just said, it starts from the inside, there is no easy fix for it, sorry man
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You will need to grind down the paint and see how bad the spots really are. Small places can be filled with just weld then cleaned up. IF the entire arch is bad then one will need to be made or used from another car.
Depending on how many layers of paint there is you many not need any filler, Just a high build primer and then paint.
Depending on how many layers of paint there is you many not need any filler, Just a high build primer and then paint.
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Originally Posted by Tha Driver
And yes, you'll have to use bondo ( to finish out the welds): why the hell are folks so afraid of bondo? Every custom car & 99.9% of every car on the road has some!
Bondo is necessary, unless you want to go old school and learn to hammer welds and fill with lead.
Overall, that's a pretty clean car, but if rust is bubbling the paint, it means that the panel under that paint is probably almost toast, so you'll have to weld in new metal or fill the perforations with weld, then grind, then bondo, then prime, then paint. If you're serious, now might be a good time to think about anywhere else that there might be rust and address it (check the insides of all your fenders, under the drain tubes from the sunroof/rear hatch, inside the doors), since you're going to be springing for a respray anyway to clean it all up after. My car is slowly but surely going from silver with cheesy 80s pinstripes to silver with gray polkadots.
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I do this for a living. Grind it down, If its just surface rust , treat it with Rustmort. ITs a rust conversion chemical. then Prep, use a self etching primer Sand with 400 wet or finer, paint, call it a day!!!!
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Originally Posted by jinx2007
I do this for a living. Grind it down, If its just surface rust , treat it with Rustmort. ITs a rust conversion chemical. then Prep, use a self etching primer Sand with 400 wet or finer, paint, call it a day!!!!
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