I don't know if I remember this right. But after using Naval Jelly the chemical needs to be washed off with water before painting. Anyway when washing bare metal (iron) with water a coat of rust will develop from the interaction of metal and water. This reaction is unnoticeable to the naked eye. After painting areas that was treated rust developed after a few years. That is one of the reasons cars of before always rusted on body worked areas. Products such as osphos and other metal protectant products became more popular. They do not involve water and the chemical reacts with the rust that cannot be seen or cleaned to treat the metal before painting. Everyone feel free to trash me if I am wrong. Aloha, Ed |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.