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posted by  tbb on  Sun Feb 29 12:09 CST 2004
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My vehicle is getting to the rust phase.

Do you have any suggestions on repairing under body and other out of sight rust spots?

Can you recommend a place to start learning to repair visible paint failures and rust in the finish coat?








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    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Sun Feb 29 14:22 CST 2004
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    I have had some luck with rust converter. I'm not talking about body rot, just surface rust.

    I had a spot about 2 square inches that was bubbled up under the paint on the right front fender of our '88 745 GLE. I scraped off the surface rust and wire brushed the spot clean. I applied the converter as per its directions, let it dry for a day, then painted the spot with touch-up paint.

    three years later, the spot looks the same, not great, but no more bubbling.

    You could try a course at a trade school, our regi9onal trade school holds many evening mechanical courses such as welding, body work, small engine repair, etc.
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    96 855R, 95 855,854, 90 744 Ti - 340,000 Volvo miles put on 7 bricks







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