Re: Body Work

[TBerk16@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/98 4:57:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
byoshida@zygote.hsc.usc.edu writes:

> 
>  >>  I'm was planning on getting rid of the minor
>  >>  rust spots. (The usual around the door handle,
>  >>  some near the hood) Is it as easy as I might
>  >>  think it is? Sand it down, put some filler in,
>  >>  paint it, buff it?
>  >
>  >
>  >There is this chemical stuff that the companies are keep a secret 
> ingredient,
>  >it inhibits rust by combining with the oxidized metal and forms an inert
>  >compound. I have use two different brands of the stuff- it looks like
Elmer'
> s
>  >Glue and found it to perform as advertised.
>  
>  
>  	I think one of the products is called Rust Avenger and made by 3M
>  (I think).  I was wondering myself if this product works since I've got a
>  few pinhead sized rust spots where the paint has been chipped away.
>  b-------
>  
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Go for it. I used it on an old Audi 100 I had. It had pinhole sized rust spots
from sitting under a tree for a year. I applied it w/ my finger and wiped away
the excess. Held up through the next rainy season without any further work.

Looks like Elmer's glue but dries mostly clear. Will discolor the paint job if
left to settle. Makes the rusty spots a black inert metal.

I'll be looking for brand names to post.  Would really be interested in a
metallurgist's experience with what the active ingredient might be.

TBerk

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