Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:15:00 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Bit o' Rust
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Instructions so simple that even a simple squirrel can do it!
Thanks, Scott!
And Hector -- thanks also for the pointer to that kool kit!
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 3/30/2009 4:58 PM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> Rocket's kind of rust spot *perfect* for stopping now, and permanently,
> and it's hyper easy to do too.
> No kit needed.
> 1. clean to bare metal by any means - pick at it with a dental pick, scrub
> it with a small metal brush, etc.
>
> 2. Spray 'rust stop' on the spot. The stuff that says 'converts rust to
> primered metal." Or use brush-on 'rust conerter' liquid from the hardware
> store.
>
> 3. let that cure - for the deluxe treatment, next............... treat
> the
> spot with self-etching primer paint. If it's too small a spot to spray
> with a can, spary some of the paint into the spray can top, then use a tiny
> brush to paint the small spot of treated metal.
>
> 4. let that paint cure, then touch it up with the correct touch-up paint in
> a small jar, that you get at a automtive paint specialits store, and using
> the paint code that might still be on your van, or get the paint code
> online.
>
> Treated like that, that spot won't even show, and will be rust-free for a
> long, long, LONG time.
> I do it all the time , it's fun.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mellow Yellow was always a SoCal van, with no sign of rust, even under
>>> the
>>> floor and behind the reefer. We moved here to Bend, Oregon, which is
>>> high
>>> desert and pretty arid, too, so I'm not expecting Pacific Northwest or
>>> East Coast (USA) grade rust, ever.
>>>
>>> That said, a couple days ago I spotted a ding above the sliding door
>>> handle that looks like it wants attention. I could use a tip or two on a
>>> way to tidy this up and halt the rust. I don't have a paint booth or
>>> sprayer. I do have chewing gum, though.
>>>
>>> Please see
>>>
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/Vanagon#5319046442995891378
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>> Bend, OR
>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>
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