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Date:         Mon, 16 Apr 2001 08:00:04 -0500
Reply-To:     CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rust around windows - advice needed
Comments: To: "W. Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET>
In-Reply-To:  "W. Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET>'s message of Mon, 16 Apr 2001
              08:35:07 -0400
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII


Try this,
After removing the window, and sanding, and wire wheeling the rust, use
a product called metal prep, by Dupont.
It is an acid etch / cleaner for the metal.


Let dry, and apply a coat of Vari Prime, acid etch zinc chromate
primer.( also by Dupont )  Skuff this down with 320, and
apply a good surface filler / primer,         (Ultra fill, by Sherwin
Williams is excellent) sand this down with 320, and paint.


When you re-install the window rubber moulding, apply a bead off black
silicone inside the moulding channel.
It will keep the H2O from getting back inside the moulding, and rusting
the metal again.


Good Luck,


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Terry 85 GL
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