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Offline Digger

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Rust repair
« on: September 08, 2005, 05:45:41 PM »
I just repaired a rust hole in the Goblin's rear cargo floor, driver's side right at the back corner of the rear seat(right in the middle of the wheel well). I just cleaned it of all loose rust, wire brushed the heck out of it then hit it with rust converter spray. Then I cut a panel of thick plastic that perfectly covered the area and screwed it on around the perimeter. I seam-sealed this, then laid down spray on bedliner over the whole area. It will work for now.

Anyways, what other ways do you guys repair rust holes? I'm sure there are several different methods, what's your favorite?
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Offline keith

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2005, 06:58:15 PM »
I need to fix some holes in my cargo floor.  I was thinking of using wire mesh and fiberglass on it.  Where do you buy the rust converter stuff?  What's it called?  What did you use for the plastic piece?


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Offline Digger

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2005, 07:01:35 PM »
The rust converter spray I got from Advance and it's called Rust Converter Spray. LOL! Look in the auto paint section...

For the plastic panel, I cut the side out of a heavy-duty plastic tote that had crushed. I just slapped it in with self-drilling screws...
Had a cool sig pic till I changed the text... sigh...
90 Tracker: "Silver", 2" BL, 1-1/2" Coil Spacers, Strut mount flip, Calmini Header, Winch, 31" Swamper radials, Sold.
98 Suzuki X-90: Calmini 2" Sus, 1-1/4" whl spcrs, 2" Exhaust, Cobra Safari Bar, Neon, Sold.
96 Suzuki X-90: Mostly stock daily driver(for now)

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Offline da_tub

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2005, 11:35:26 PM »
if you got a mig welder. just get a new peice of metal...or go to the local junk yard an find a good one , cut it out and weld er in.. and your disco captain....
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Offline Hill Billy

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2005, 05:30:49 PM »
Cut up plastic bed liner from pick-up truck. If you take the time even the fender well cover can be worked in. Self tapping screws. Covers the sides also. Cut it down the middle and let the two halves overlap, then cut and trim, cut and trim,....

Hill Billy.

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Offline rupzuk

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2005, 03:05:33 PM »
Rust repair , oh the dreaded rust repair  :'(
This has been my life for the past two months !
It looked like a little repair , all I wanted to do was a little repair . Turned out I had to replace half the dang truck .  >:(
But it's painted now and boxliner goes in tomorow . :)
A MIG welder is the best . When used with a zip cut it's amazing what these two tools can do .
110 volt MIG's are fairly cheap and work great for sheetmetal . Personally I prefer ones that use gas and try to stay away from flux core wire , just my preference.
As for the spray on rust converters , the one that turn the metal black , they work ok but the active ingredient is tanic acid . You will have paint bubbling problems if you coat over it over time .
Good luck , and remember it's all worth it in the end . :)

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Offline Uncivilized

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2005, 06:49:39 AM »
I had holes in my inner rocker panels, I cut patches out of 24 ga metal, formed them with my hands and a hammer to fit perfectly over each hole, then used 4 screws(with very flat heads)per panel, using seam sealer in between to secure them, I then covered the entire area with a thin layer of seam sealer to cover the screws and the seams. It's nasty, but it worked and passes safety inspection. After these pics, I coated everything with black rocker guard, you can barely tell anything was worked on.




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Offline Digger

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2005, 06:37:31 PM »
 :o That's a lot of seam sealer! LOL!
Had a cool sig pic till I changed the text... sigh...
90 Tracker: "Silver", 2" BL, 1-1/2" Coil Spacers, Strut mount flip, Calmini Header, Winch, 31" Swamper radials, Sold.
98 Suzuki X-90: Calmini 2" Sus, 1-1/4" whl spcrs, 2" Exhaust, Cobra Safari Bar, Neon, Sold.
96 Suzuki X-90: Mostly stock daily driver(for now)

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Offline da_tub

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2005, 09:34:34 PM »
i don't think thats classified as a seam anymore...lol  more like a big pile of spooge..  nice atmept though....( ;D)
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Offline Uncivilized

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2005, 04:25:17 AM »
:o That's a lot of seam sealer! LOL!
There was another hole on the other side, after I was done, I had used almost 2 tubes of it. It's cheap though, so I didn't worry. It's like Britney Spears and make up, it's hiding all the nasty stuff underneath, and it still doesn't look too bad.

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Offline Uncivilized

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Re: Rust repair
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2005, 04:27:33 AM »
i don't think thats classified as a seam anymore...lol  more like a big pile of spooge..  nice atmept though....( ;D)
A local welder quoted me about $150 just to weld in patches, so that's why I did it this way. The metal was free, and the seam sealer cost me <12.00 for 2 tubes.  ;D ;D