Date:         Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:26:54 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Battery Box Corrosion
Comments: To: inua@CHARTER.NET
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In a message dated 1/17/06 12:05:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
inua@CHARTER.NET writes:


> I've got a mess. Battery cracked, acid leaked intot he box, corrosion
> all over the palce, BB paint peeled up. Very nasty. I though a box of
> soda in there and scrubbed it down with a wire brush as best I could,
> then flushed it with lot's of water. But it still looks nasty and I'm
> afraid the corrosion will come back.
>
> I've never seen a successful BB repair. The corrosion always came back
> and bubbled up the paint.
>
> Anybody got any ideas how to completely kill the acid and corrosion, and
> some kind of paint that will stay put over the repaired surface of the
> box and provide future corrosion protections??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Regards,
>
>

POR - 15 makes a "metal bath" etching cleaner that you use prior to painting
the topcoat..  use that, then topcoat with POR-15 paint..

chris