----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Sell, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Rusty battery racks
> Get them power coated. Lawrence Rhodes..They include sand blasting. .....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sell, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: Rusty battery racks
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've bought a conversion (1984 VW Rabbit, converted in 1998), and have
> > been working to clean it up and get it working again.
> >
> > The battery and racks had a lot of sulfuric acid build up, which I
removed
> > using water and baking soda. Now all the acid is gone, I need to prep
the
> > racks. They still have some rust on them from where the paint had been
> > eaten away.
> >
> > The more expensive fix would be to have the racks sand blasted and
> > re-painted. A cheaper route might be to use one of the rust stabilizing
> > products available at the local hardware store.
> >
> > Any advice?
> > Hi Ken;
Had real good luck with sandblasting to bare metal, and rustoluem, then
a lite coat of Roofing tar, the stuff that is brushable. EVen though it duz
sorta "dry" it' stays sorta gooey, an' sticky. But ya don't care, yur not
handling it anymore when yu put the batteries in. Tar is cheap, comes in 1
quart and 1 gal cans at True Value. on the ourside I sprayed undercoat on
everything underneith. Sopped in to all the places that water could get, and
it looks nice, too. 4 years, and counting.,over 40k miles@ 60 or so a
day.There USED to be called a paint "Asphaultium" Had some years ago, worked
like the tar above. Nobody's heard of it anymore. Ask for it at Home Despot,
and ya get a blank look.
Seeya
Bob
> >
