karen davis wrote: >Also I have rust on bolts on poptop. I sanded them, primed them and painted >white. Rust has popped back on them too. CAn't figure it out? I recently re-did my poptop and decided to replace my rusty bolts with stainless-steel. Available at any hardware store, they're more expensive than your typical zinc-plated but will never rust. I don't know what kind of bolts were original--zinc or painted--but the stainless looks pretty spiffy on a hand-polished poptop with a new edge seal. I suppose you could also prime and paint the stainless. At least if the paint came off later, the bolts wouldn't rust ...
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