first sign of rust.. what to do

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

The rust and dent seems to be behind the PS door.
Remove the bent stripping and save it.
Remove the interior panel and push the dent back out.
Use a 12" piece of 2x4 (slightly bevel the edge) and a BFH to "Tap" the 
panel edge back into place.
Remember, bent metal has stretched and will never go back exactly.
The paint has cracked because of metal bending (it does not like to bend) 
and will need to be cut back to the base metal. Treat the area with Jelly 
etc to stop further rust.

Add a few sanded layers of bondo.

Prime the area with self etching primer to seal it and then a coat of base 
color the same as the car.

2-3 hours and done!

Check this out to see what I mean.

http://www.menloparkrandd.com/scirocco/nose/index.htm

Have fun!


Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: first sign of rust.. what to do
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:26:04 -0800 (PST)
>
>So my notoriously un-fixed dent (it was there when I bought the car some 5
>years ago) has been exposed to a lot of slush and snow lately and for some
>reason it has begun to rust where the paint was cracked. Ironically, this
>only begins happening after I move -away- from Seattle's constant rain and
>salt air.
>
>I have twice previously painted over these areas rather sloppily with vw
>touch up paint more or less as a preventative measure. Didn't do it this
>year since I ran out of paint and didn't have any motivation to buy more.
>
>Down at the horribly kinked corner by the doorjamb there had been some
>previous light rust and I had ground it off with a wire wheel as best I
>could before applying the touch-up paint.
>
>Here's a (bad) picture:
>http://www.wsu.edu/~treed2/grrrr-rust.jpg
>
>I haven't looked at it for more than 10 angry seconds, but I'm asking for
>advice; the rest of the car is completely rust-free and I have no
>experience with rust on cars whatsoever.
>
>I can't justify getting the dent fixed and painted; I just don't have the
>thousands necessary to do it right. (and to be honest, even if I did..
>they'd go to a Quaife first :)~
>
>I have no experience with paint or body work; I'm strictly a mechanical
>guy so that's out of the question (not to mention that I don't even have a
>garage).
>
>My original plan was to get out of school and start making my millions
>(ha-ha) then do a proper full car repaint.. but I obviously want to stop
>this rust now because that's a year or so off.
>
>I have a feeling that its under the paint in the surrounding areas as
>well, but like I said I haven't looked too closely.
>
>Is there anything I can do (POR-15, Naval Jelly, etc) to contain this
>rust that would be within my budget and garage-less ability ?
>
>Thanks in advance for any advice,
>
>-Toby
>
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