[Vwdiesel] 86 Golf goes to Garage tomorrow ! HOW MUCH is TOO MUCH?

[McCanless, James]

 I have been using a combination of Picklex 20 and zero-rust on our 1970
Bronco. It has worked very well. It is worth reading about the Picklex
and how it is a rust converter.
http://www.autobodystore.com/coatings.htm

Troy

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Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 86 Golf goes to Garage tomorrow ! HOW MUCH is
TOO MUCH?


> There's also that filler bondo with the fiberglass fibers built into 
> it - it will fill all kinds of holes! And of course the right way to 
> do it - grind away all the rust and weld in new metal. But that takes 
> some skill (and time) to do successfully. Then bondo over the top to 
> make it look like new.
> 

  It's a lot harder to sand and it's no better a fix though.  I a bit of
a way it's not as good as the foam since it'll absorb water and the foam
is closed cell and wouldn't absorb any water :-P  As you say, to
properly fix requires grinding (not so bad) or cutting out the rust,
(not too bad to really bad).  Rust Mort/convert the surrounding area and
weld in a patch piece 100% then grind, fill, prime and paint.  There's a
glue out a lot of places use instead of welding!  We're going to give it
a try and see 

how it does on something this Winter or Spring.  Body man says a LOT of
shops are using it now and he wants me to try it on a small patch on my
work van.  ALWAYS use Rust Mort, phosphoric acid, Por 15 or something to
stop the rust.  Only Por 15 prior to welding isn't the best though.
     Loren
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