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i have one spot of rust on my roof. sorry, no pics. i dont own a camera. its rather small, about 1/2 a centimeter in diameter. but the problem is its also spreading underneath the paint. i dont know how i didnt see this before.
how would i get rid of this. im on a very small budget of about 5 dollars maybe. thanks for the help.
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anybody? any ideas? maybe even more expensive ones? i really dont want my car looking like crap cause of rust on my roof.
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Im not sure if you can remove it completely without getting it done professionally or spending more than $5. About the best you can do, is just slow the process down.
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The inexpensive way would be to buy a bottle of touch up paint. Remove all rust and falking/peeling paint. Clean thoroughly. Apply touch up paint.
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Originally posted by GTO Pete:
The inexpensive way would be to buy a bottle of touch up paint. Remove all rust and falking/peeling paint. Clean thoroughly. Apply touch up paint.
thanks for the replys. and would this stop the rust? or just slow it down?
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I do believe if you remove all the rust and give it a rust prohibitor primer, and then paint it, it should resolve the issues. Oh, and try this link. http://wa.essortment.com/carrustrepair_rxkf.htm
On a side note, does anyone know if the roof skin is fully welded onto the frame, or is it spot welded to the point that the rook skin is removeable.
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in that link, it says something about white spirits. what are white spirits?
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most of the time removing the rust and spraying will do nothing.
This is coming from one of my friends that's done autobody/paiting all his life.
The problem with spray cans is the paint in them is not waterproof, water can get right under the paint and into the rust underneith (basically the paint is there, but its not really there). The only way for sure to remove rust is a good urethane primer, This is waterproof. Rust inhibitors are a waste of time/money IMO.
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area need blasted & treated w/ primer & painted...correctly
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the roof skin should be removeable/replaceable just like the door skins. replacement is like 650 from bill jenkins then all the labor to install and paint. only way to stop the rust is sand it to the metal and repaint and clearcoat. this will be costly to do. i dont think sanding and repainting will give perfect results (i.e. paint blended in to surrounding paint)
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