Date:         Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:34:19 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      getting seam rust repaired
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Hi all,

Poor Matilda, one month of winter in Newfoundland and her incipient seam
rust is erupting.  Paint has started to flake off just above the seam (left
side, behind the fridge and sink), a spot of rust maybe 1" x 3" now exposed
to the air (and salty road spray), plus all the other bubbling and stuff
along the seam.

I'm taking her in to a body shop next week to get an estimate on repairs -
the options they mentioned involve replacing the whole side, or what sounded
like cutting a strip off and replacing that, or sanding it out from the
outside and doing something to keep it from rusting again (what does one
do?).

They said (offhand guess) that it would take a day of labor to remove all
the camping gear and then put it back in, plus the time to actually do the
work.  That sounded like a lot of time, though no doubt it would take me
that long.

If anyone has any advice on having seam rust repaired, before I bring her in
to get the estimate, I'd really appreciate it!




Joy