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Rust Removal (60pic)
Compliments of SupraManAG @ http://acurazine.com
3-26-2006
As promised, I took the initiation to take care of the rust spots on my father's 96 3.2TL. Rust was present on doors, trunk and rear fenders. The whole process took me about 2 days due to dry/cure times. All materials and paint from www.paintscratch.com ran for less then $100. In the end I am more then happy with the results. I'm an amateur at this, which goes to say that anyone can do this if you don't feel like paint body shops arms and legs.
I started by putting a wire brush blade on the grinder and grinding away all the rust.
I then proceeded with the rust treatment.
After 2 applications of the treatment the metal turns black. The treatment also serves as a good primer.
Allow 24 hours for proper drying.
The next day I started filling and sanding with 100 grid paper to desired shape.
Prepping for priming. Blue tape newspapers. Leave only small area uncovered. I didn't do that but will explain later why its best to do so. Do not prime what doesn't need priming. Shake the can well and spray 8-10 inches away. Don't make your coats heavy because you will be creating more work for yourself.
Wet sanded primer with 800 grid sand paper. You could primer again after but I chose not to.
When painting, make sure you wear latex gloves and a doc mask. Shake can very well to get an even color and spray 10 inches away. Thin coats. Repeat process until fully covered. In between coats, you can wet sand with 1000 grid sandpaper but its imperative that you do not do the final coat.
After the paint dried, I applied 4 or 5 coats of clear coat. Here comes the trick and my earlier mistake I made. Even though the color was matched to the vin, it will never be identical. After you remove the newspapers and the tape you will see the lines on where the tape was placed. In my case the color was a tiny bit darker. I used rubbing compound to rub away the rained lines.
Line is visible in this pic.
After rubbing away lines, I gently gave it light coat around the already painted area to create a mist affect so paint difference would be less visible. My mistake earlier was that I left myself too big of an area to prime and paint that when I needed to make the paints match it was harder. It will also depends on where you are painting and what color.
I applied a few more coats of clear coat.
In the end it came out better then I ever thought.
If I missed any small detail I apologize in advance.
Have fun.
