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Seam de rusting and sealing? Help!
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- fairwynds
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Seam de rusting and sealing? Help!
Doing some seam work....whats best way and what to fill with?
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http://www.frost.co.uk/ if you look down the page they sell brush on seam sealer
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cleaning off rust
I have used a "dremel" type tool with a range of bits - this requires patience and a steady hand. The alternative is to blast the seam with sand but this is messy and will also remove good paint adjacent to the seam.
Have a read here to for more ideas -
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/rust/rust.html
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Have a read here to for more ideas -
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/rust/rust.html
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Rusty seams
So many with seam issues , my experience has been a baptism of fire , Boris my 24 year old westy came into the warehouse for some light titalation , 2 years ago ! After removing one bit then another to expose the true extent of rot i should have just cut him up & sold what i could & made a we fortune . A lot of the seams appeare to be only lightly corroded on the outside but after removing the inner paneling ( complete interior ) i have found horible tin worm , i have so far replaced front scuttle OSR inner & outer 1/4 panel , wheel arch , rear lower 1/4 panel NRS outer 1/4 pannel wheel arch & lower 1/4 panel . I decided to gouge out any remaining seam sealer around the factory panel joints wire bush & weld up all the external seams & deseam , i will then lather the inner pannels with waxoil . Good luck to you