Date:         Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:49:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Battery Box Corrosion
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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Go t a welding supply or good paint supply and get a spray "Cold
Galvanizing" paint. This paint is zinc rich to the point that it becomes
sacrificial.  POR 15 products also work.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of John Rodgers
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 11:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Battery Box Corrosion

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,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver