Posted: 17 Mar 2008, 22:17
Hi there - you have a qualified metallurgist on board here so guess I need to sort you arguing people out.
You are all right in a way. To get rid of the surface corrosion it is undoubtably best to strip the metal back to bare and/or cut it out if you can. There are also some strong oxidizing agents like rustmaster that do indeed colour the surface black forming a protective coat. All areas I have treated with this stuff on my T25 panel van have slowed the rot enormously. The question is more to what lengths you want to cut the rust down and for how long and how accessible an how serious the problem is
As to tea well it is full of antioxidant and tannin - however whilst it might make some difference I dont think its a long term solution. Better to drink it perhaps when hot and decide on a choice of better action.
The purist answer is to cut it out for sure but that easier said than done sometimes as we all know. Best way of all to keep the rot down is do what I do - have a dehumidifier in your atlantic - and feel happy as the cost is partly justified by giving you deionised water, the van feels dry and stops the condenstion building from th inside which is a killer on a steel hull. Oh and the steps - check the seal on the front window as it invariably starts the issue by dribbling down behind the dashboard
That should clear that up anyhow!
You are all right in a way. To get rid of the surface corrosion it is undoubtably best to strip the metal back to bare and/or cut it out if you can. There are also some strong oxidizing agents like rustmaster that do indeed colour the surface black forming a protective coat. All areas I have treated with this stuff on my T25 panel van have slowed the rot enormously. The question is more to what lengths you want to cut the rust down and for how long and how accessible an how serious the problem is
As to tea well it is full of antioxidant and tannin - however whilst it might make some difference I dont think its a long term solution. Better to drink it perhaps when hot and decide on a choice of better action.
The purist answer is to cut it out for sure but that easier said than done sometimes as we all know. Best way of all to keep the rot down is do what I do - have a dehumidifier in your atlantic - and feel happy as the cost is partly justified by giving you deionised water, the van feels dry and stops the condenstion building from th inside which is a killer on a steel hull. Oh and the steps - check the seal on the front window as it invariably starts the issue by dribbling down behind the dashboard
That should clear that up anyhow!
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