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#1 (**permalink**) 23 Apr 2005, 12:50 am

I scraped the side of my civic last summer on a wall. Then it caught rust.
I scrapped it off with sand paper and put touch paint all over. Now after 4
months, the rust is back from under the touch paint with a vengence!!

Does anyone have any "do it yourself" ideas to my rust control? I know i
cannot get rid of it..Just looking for effective ideas to control.

thanks kindly!

#2 (**permalink**) 23 Apr 2005, 07:52 am

"Latitude Wizard" <Spammehere@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:Wmlae.10951$9G.820957@news20.bellglobal.com:

> I scraped the side of my civic last summer on a wall. Then it caught
> rust. I scrapped it off with sand paper and put touch paint all over.
> Now after 4 months, the rust is back from under the touch paint with a
> vengence!!
>
> Does anyone have any "do it yourself" ideas to my rust control? I
> know i cannot get rid of it..Just looking for effective ideas to
> control.
>

First you needed to neutralize or sand off ALL that rust (Naval Jelly or
other), keping in mind that rust usually extends at least 1/16" under the
"good" paint. Then you needed to use zinc-rich primer under the new paint.

Failure to do these things is why your rust came back.

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#3 (**permalink**) 23 Apr 2005, 09:35 am

> I scraped the side of my civic last summer on a wall. Then it caught
rust.
> I scrapped it off with sand paper and put touch paint all over. Now after
4
> months, the rust is back from under the touch paint with a vengence!!
>
> Does anyone have any "do it yourself" ideas to my rust control? I know i
> cannot get rid of it..Just looking for effective ideas to control.

You could again scrape the paint, sand down the rust, paint it with POR15 (a
rust inhibitor/converter), sand it, prime it and repaint it. POR15 is not
cheap, but it all you have to do it is a small spot, it won't break a bank.

Remco

#4 (**permalink**) 23 Apr 2005, 09:44 am

> You could again scrape the paint, sand down the rust, paint it with POR15
(a
> rust inhibitor/converter), sand it, prime it and repaint it. POR15 is not
> cheap, but it all you have to do it is a small spot, it won't break a
bank.

One more note: POR15 is a really hard finish paint you you'll want to get it
as smooth as possible on the first try. Sanding it is hard work.

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