Date:         Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:55:26 -0800
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
Comments: To: "Liberte, Joel" <joel.liberte@hp.com>
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The video you saw may have been mine.

I recently finished treating a seam. (my first time doing this job)
The caulking had failed, water just "poured" with a water hose to the
seam. As an aside, this area of the van appears to have been
"professionally" repaired. In hindsight, I suspect the caulking
material was either the wrong stuff, or poorly applied. I don't see
signs of seam failure elsewhere.

Though there was no visible signs of rust inside or out, once I ran a
piece of thin emery paper along lower portion of seam, I could see
signs of rust on the paper.

I guess my point is this; even with what appeared to be a rust free
seam, I ended up finding signs of rust.

FWIW, after cleaning and prepping the seam, I used a syringe with a
piece of electrical shrink wrap attached (as a nozzle) to inject rust
convertor as deeply as possible into the seam, then painted, caulked
etc. I used Proform 211
http://www.proformproducts.com/en/products/info/?product=1032&category=24
 though it was a little tricky to shape.

Neil.

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Liberte, Joel <joel.liberte@hp.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for the responses, while I'm lucky I don't have the kitchen to deal with I have pulled the panels and indeedy there is rust on the inside seams, had the same experience as someone recently filmed with water coming through when raining.
>




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