diggin into hell, Rustoration: You have to be strong Options

[SpecialK]

QUOTE (michelko @ Jul 31 2005, 06:49 AM)

nother view its amazing what you can do with some sheet metal and a hammer

"...its amazing what you can do with some sheet metal and a hammer."

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[michelko]

So guy´s
i decided for the por 15 way. Grind down the panel to bare metal (exept the great ding), wash it with marin clean, prep it with metal ready, paint some por 15. So far so good. then tie coat primer, then bondo the little scratches and dings, sand all smooth, shoot filler, again sanding/filling, last but not least the blue paint.

This is the plan , let´s see how it works.

the first four steps i did today, see the pics.

#1 after metall ready

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the next ones with the por15 on
the difference in the look is realy amacing
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till now i am realy sattisfied with the result.

can´t wait to go further.

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[SirAndy]

QUOTE (michelko @ Jul 31 2005, 05:44 AM)

found a little rust hole. can you see it?

yes, you have to remove the hard foam filler that's sitting inside the cavity (from underneath) and clean it all out really good and use lots of "Metal Ready" in there.

that's a very common rust spot on those cars. the seam sealer around the foam cracks after a few years of road use and allows water to seep in.
the foam acts like a spunge and keeps the water in there until it has eaten it's way through the metal ...

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[michelko]

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Aug 6 2005, 11:02 AM)

QUOTE (michelko @ Jul 31 2005, 05:44 AM) found a little rust hole. can you see it? yes, you have to remove the hard foam filler that's sitting inside the cavity (from underneath) and clean it all out really good and use lots of "Metal Ready" in there. that's a very common rust spot on those cars. the seam sealer around the foam cracks after a few years of road use and allows water to seep in. the foam acts like a spunge and keeps the water in there until it has eaten it's way through the metal ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon8.gif) Andy

so you (mean I ) can access that foam from the wheel well?



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[SirAndy]

QUOTE (michelko @ Aug 6 2005, 12:36 PM)

so you (mean I ) can access that foam from the wheel well? Gruss aus der alten Heimat (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_flagge6.gif)

yes, from inside the wheel well. you'll see that the cavity is filled with "something" and has seam-sealer around it (might have undercoating over it) ...

once you start "digging" into it, you'll see it's the same yellowish foam they used in so many other places on our little cars.

you have to get it all out and clean it up really well. if it's already rusted through the top, i wouldn't be surprised if it also ate through into the rear trunk and behind the taillights (on the side) ...

Viel Spaß beim Restaurieren!
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[michelko]

Hi everybody, here is some update on the project.

Like sirandy mentioned, i scraped out the foam. Nearly impossible from wheel well. "Fortunately" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) there was an hole in the fender, so i could use this as a window to access the schitty foam. found some nice rust under it.
Sorry no pic of it.

Metallreadyied the hell out of it and then put some por 15 over.

After that i shot a coat of tie coat primer on it

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next step:

filling the little dings with bondo an sanding it

some more to go , but looks nice again

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last one

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[CptTripps]

Unsolicited Advice: MAKE SURE you get this section PERFECT. I didn't, and I've been mad at myself ever since.

Don't be afraid to go back down to metal again to get it right. I thought "I'm too far at this point to go back" before I painted, and afterwards, I've been kicking myself for NOT going back and fixing it.

Looking great man!