More Rust Repair (huge pictures)

[kevinspann]

What kind of rust convertor did you use?

I used some found at Home Depot on some posts at work and found the same issue - paint WOULD NOT stick to it, in fact it gummed up the paint into a mess that I had to scrape off. After pressure washing it, the paint adhered much better.

I also like the results on the hood - I thought about doing the same thing to mine to get rid of the chips. It needs to be painted anyways, so I guess it can't hurt.

 

[SHOGUN88]

Ive used the same type of clearcoat. To get a beautiful finish without the orange peel you really have to put quite a few coats on. It went from dull orange peel on my first attempt to a deep clear finish.

 

[shoon]

What kind of rust convertor did you use?

I used some found at Home Depot on some posts at work and found the same issue - paint WOULD NOT stick to it, in fact it gummed up the paint into a mess that I had to scrape off. After pressure washing it, the paint adhered much better.

I also like the results on the hood - I thought about doing the same thing to mine to get rid of the chips. It needs to be painted anyways, so I guess it can't hurt.

I used the rust check brand rust converter. EXACTLY what you said, was like a slimy gel or some crap was leftover.

If you do your hood, here are some pointers:
-when you sand out the chips, try not to go past the epoxy primer like I did. Bondo filler adheres much better to the epoxy primer from what I've read.

-USE A SANDING BLOCK! I thought I could get away without one the first time around, but was wrong. the bondo is much softer than the existing base coat, so it will create little dimples unless you apply light pressure with a sanding block.

-Before painting, remove ALL of the existing clear coat. basically wet sand the entire hood until the runoff water starts to turn from a milky color to a red color; then you know you've gone past the clear and into the base coat.

-if you opt to use a spray can like me, maintain the same angle and can position throughout the entire job, and have the hood sitting on a flat surface.

 

[WSC-SHO]

Wow, what's the name of the paint you're using? I've been toying with the idea of respraying the black car in a satin black, and that spoiler picture is what I'm going for in terms of finish.

 

[shoon]

Wow, what's the name of the paint you're using? I've been toying with the idea of respraying the black car in a satin black, and that spoiler picture is what I'm going for in terms of finish.

Got it from NAPA, they have a NAPA store that specializes in mostly paint and auto-body supplies down here- they can match paint codes and mix paint on the spot if you want. They also have a whole bunch of paint selection books if you want to choose a color. Don't think it has a specific brand, it was some stuff they mixed up and matched off of a paint code and threw in a generic can for me.

Now that I think of all the work, I might as well have changed my car to black!

 

[someguy35]

Holy cow great job

 

[gmail]

awesome work... glad to see someone putting some time into one and not crushing it..

love the hoodless picture... now just need a clear hood...

i have used a number of rust removing products and they are very nice to have... granted they are expensive but work wonders..
last one i used was permatex the pink stuff and it was ok. nothing to brag over but it was nice because it was snotty which worked great for hard to reach areas.

 

[sperold]

The nice thing about body work is very often you can still use the car while you are doing it.
Up here, if you want to have a SHO, you have to do this...eventually. There are no $900.00 rust free cars in Canada.
Nice work, and thanks for sharing the details. Most people are too paralysed by fear to even start a project like this, and your explanations take the mystery out of it.

 

[Enzo731]

The nice thing about body work is very often you can still use the car while you are doing it.
Up here, if you want to have a SHO, you have to do this...eventually. There are no $900.00 rust free cars in Canada.
Nice work, and thanks for sharing the details. Most people are too paralysed by fear to even start a project like this, and your explanations take the mystery out of it.

I feel as if some guys is doing the creep right next to me while I read this.