Whats your best rust treatment?

[project_pearl]

What process do people use on pitted, surface rust and bare metal?!

 

I go for Kursust on the pitted areas, then upol etch and then highbuild.

 

Tempted to try mammerite anti-rust for a nice coverage and they do a rust beater?! And what about good old redoxide . . .

 

Opionions please thanks Charlie.

[Posse]

1mm grinding disc and cut it out and start again

[davreeve]

A twist knot wire brush wheel on a grinder,It digs out paint and rust but leaves good metal(not me in pic).Or shot blast the rusty area with a spot blast gun which are cheap enough.Follow by a good zinc based primer

[petrolhead01]

1mm grinding disc and cut it out and start again

well said boss!! there is onlyone proper cure for rust and that is to remove it!!

[Muttley MK2]

Yup! Cut it all out and weld in the new

[project_pearl]

Yer i do always cut out the rot, but some places arent rusty enought that they warrant cutting out and re - welding. On loads of places on old fords there surface rust

[72mk1escort]

Yer i do always cut out the rot, but some places arent rusty enought that they warrant cutting out and re - welding. On loads of places on old fords there surface rust

 

I know what you mean

 

There is some stuff called jenolite thats used by the MOD (ministry of defence) its meant to be really good but i havent tried mine out yet as I have no rust left now

[emu]

chicken wire, newspaper and a couple of shovels worth of splodge

[petrolhead01]

chicken wire, newspaper and a couple of shovels worth of splodge

and then paint it pink!!

[emu]

Just whatever you do, remember to paint it, dont just leave it in primer

[Toby]

Rust is the pits!!

 

 

 

I'll go....

 

 

 

 

[countrybumpkin]

i used jenolite on the roof of my mk1 which had loads of surface rust it works well but i recomend the gel and leaving it overnight

[jimihendrix]

I've always used Kurust then a good thick primer, usually the brush on stuff as the brush marks can be sanded out. Surface rust under the car is wire brushed, Kurust, then hammesh*te underseal or stonechip on top of that if it's the floor, fuel tank etc.

[X FLOW EDDY]

I have got the same prob with my mk2 escort the inside of the roof skin has got a layer of surface rust on it and i dont want to my grinder to it in fear of f**king the most expensive panel on the car !!! My dad says there used to be a liquid of some sort called POR 51 i think, he did some real tight spots on his 1071s cooper with it.

[ADY]

My dad says there used to be a liquid of some sort called POR 51 i think, he did some real tight spots on his 1071s cooper with it.

 

There is some rust prevention called por 15. Meant to be pretty good!

[jabba_ec]

the best bet i thinks is to shot blast it being carefull not to damage the shape of the panel!!!! then if a hole appears cut it out and weld new in!!! and if in doubt give it a good treating with jenolite and scrub it in with a wire brush as it seems to penetrate better!!!! you can primer over jenolite within the hour which makes it quick and means that you captivate the fresh steel before it starts reacting again!!!