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Date:         Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:35:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Matthew Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: POR 15 in the seems
Comments: To: musomuso@gmail.com
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Thanks for sharing Neil, The good news is that I don't have nearly such a challenge. So far everything I've encountered is surface pitting. I'm guessing that the worst location I have today is on the insie of the rear window seal, but after close inspection I think I'll be able to grind it out and treat it.

-- Matt Thyer

---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:26:59 -0800 > Subject: Re: POR 15 in the seems > From: musomuso@gmail.com > To: matt_thyer@hotmail.com > CC: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > > People have done this and there should be lots in archives about it. :) > > My own seam experience (prior to getting hip to POR) started with the > PS rear fender area. I literally scraped the exterior seam down to > bare metal, prepped and painted with generic rust paint. So far so > good. Down the road, I treated the "kitchen" seam with Plastikote. Did > my best to get at the inside of seam while fridge was out. > http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/kitchenrust%21 Quite literally > sealed up the seam with it. (no pic of that) Still holding AFAIK. Not > pretty, not pro, but hopefully holding rust at bay for a while. > > Proper prep aside, the trick is to get at inside of seam too (though I > know you specified exterior) > > Neil. > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines


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