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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1095.0. "Rust Agh!!!" by GALVIA::MOREAU (John Moreau) Wed Jun 06 1990 13:04


Had a look over the car the other day (Kadett/Astra, no spring chicken either!)
and to my horror I found more than a few small rust patches under the 
spare tyre well and quite a bad patch under the leading edge of the bonnett,
as well as a few leaky rubber seals around the windows!

Any ideas appreciated, I presume bichamen paint for the underside, but what 
about the rest??

John (disgruntled with rust, it's the F******* Galway sea air)
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1095.1See note 366IOSG::MARSHALLA rolling Moss gathers much speedWed Jun 06 1990 14:521
also note 958
1095.2Use HammeriteFORTY2::RANDALLNETThe other side of midnightWed Jun 06 1990 15:216
Also, try using Hammerite (the exterior version). It may be expensive but it 
really does work !. Not only does it 'eat' existing rust but you can guarantee
you won't get rust in that same place again.

/Steve
1095.3Sell it.TRUCKS::TAYLOR_SWed Jun 06 1990 18:2511
    
    Rust ! . It's only a matter of time..
    
    I hear there's a guy in DECpark who buys rusty Jap cars, runs them into the
    ground , trades them in and makes a profit !.  Can't think of  his
    name ?.
          
    But I agree with -1, Hammerite usually does the job. Once you've
    treated all your rusty area's give the whole car a good coat of WAXOIL.
    
    Steve. :-)
1095.4ANNECY::MATTHEWSM+M Enterprises. Thats the CATCHWed Jun 06 1990 18:295
    Interesting !!! For some time now I have been aware that most of the
    Classic Car type magazines are sponsered by the company who produces
    Hammerite and WAXOIL. 

    Now it looks like it's spreading to this conference :-}
1095.5grow your own sportscarJUNO::FROSTOn candystripe legs, the spiderman comes...Wed Jun 06 1990 20:015
re -2

Steve, the aforementioned green machine was losing bodyweight at an alarming
rate. This was advantageous since the power to weight ratio was increasing
daily. A few more months and I'd have had a car with Lotus 7 performance :-)
1095.6 DOOZER::PENNEYWed Jun 06 1990 23:083
    In a recent Which? report Waxoyl didn't come out particularly well.
    I think Corroless (and maybe one other which I can't remember) came
    out best buy.
1095.7More questions on rust removersNSDC::SIMPSONTwo faced commitThu Oct 25 1990 00:0513
What areas of a car are these sorts of rust eating products suitable for?
I've got a touch of rust on my wheel sills and between some of the body panels
on my VW van - and would like to improve things before the onset of the
cold, salty Swiss winter. I'd prefer to keep the aesthetic appeal of my 
combi ( :-) ) and not have a splotchy finish.

Can you repaint on top of these sorts of products - is the surface smooth,
and will it take paint?

Cheers

Steve 

1095.8Swiss survey of anti-rust guaranteesNSDC::SIMPSONTwo faced commitThu Oct 25 1990 00:4363