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(Removing surface rust)
(Rust pitting)
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After removing all surface rust, treat with metal prep, wash, dry, sand, prime, fill the pits with polyester putty (or Evercoat's Metal 2 Metal), then smooth and prime again.
 
After removing all surface rust, treat with metal prep, wash, dry, sand, prime, fill the pits with polyester putty (or Evercoat's Metal 2 Metal), then smooth and prime again.
  
A spot blaster is useful for this. Grinding wheel, die grinder.
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A spot blaster is useful for this: silica as the medium. Grinding wheel, die grinder.
  
 
Or, repeatedly prime with a high build primer and block sand. You may have to prime/block several times to get the pitted area up to the same level as the surface around it.
 
Or, repeatedly prime with a high build primer and block sand. You may have to prime/block several times to get the pitted area up to the same level as the surface around it.

Revision as of 12:23, 21 April 2007

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