Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:45:45 -0400
Reply-To: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Rust Demons
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Hi Ed !
You'll probably learn this in your class but getting the upper hand on rust
goes something like this:
Get down to bare metal wherever possible. Pickle the exposed metal (I use
Piclex 'cause you can paint over it without a water rinse). Apply a few
coats of Por-15 followed by a few coats of Por TieCoat. Fill, feather, prime
and finish. This usually buys a few years ;-)
John Meeks
'91 Vanagon MV
Northern Michigan
Vanagon Rescue Squad
www.vanagonauts.com
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:27 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com>wrote:
> The Rust Demons have seized my 91 crew cab truck! I’m not having any
> of that, thank you very much. “Of course, you know, this means war,”
> B.Bunny. On their side: oxygen and water. On my side: my truck,
> this list, my ignorance (don’t knock it, not knowing how to fail gives
> me inner strength), and an evening course in auto body work I will
> take once a week using all their tools and 6 days to heal before the
> next time.
> I also found this info:
> "OSPHO" http://www.ospho.com/ , for light rust conversion.
> "Por15" http://www.por15.com/ , for heavy rust and body filler around
> rust.
> "Harbor Freight": http://www.harborfreight.com/ , for inexpensive tools.
> Last evening I “griddled my lions” and went forth to do battle against
> the demons of rust. Using an air hammer I removed the hinge pins from
> my gates (mostly) with only minor tremor to my hearing, say 5 on the
> “Queen” concert scale. Two pesky hinges wouldn’t let go resulting in
> the removal of the hinge from the body of the truck in one case and
> splitting the pin in the other. Then I used the phew-matic grinder
> cutter to sever the pins to release the hinge parts. In a shower of
> sparks of July 4th proportions I achieved this with the minor comment
> of, “Instructor Sir, is my hair still smoldering?” The center hinge
> part, with the pin rusted in, will be drilled out next time unless
> someone has a better idea. Having fatigued my brain at this point, in
> what passed for thought I managed to insert my thumb betwixt the body
> of the truck and the hammer I was wielding to create a chorus of, “OH
> Poo” several times. Inspection and reflection follows. Final score,
> rust demons two hinges, truck one thumb.
> Ed, 91 crew cab
>
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