RE: Rust repairs

[Geordie]

I've found that the easiest way to repair rust around the boot lip or any thin panel sections is to first chop out the rust completely, the auto parts shop near my place sells this aluminium mesh for $3 or something per sq ft. Use silastic or glue and stick it to the inside of the boot so that you have a backing type of surface. Then use a fibreglass repair kit and fill in the sections you need with the fibreglass kit. Remove the aluminium mesh when your done & tidy it all up with a file, whoopie, sandpaper and a can of paint. :)   Could probably use flyscreen mesh instead of the expensive aluminium stuff. Dunno about doing this on a nice car like a 1600, but ir worked a treat on my shitter bluebird. It's not the "correct" way of doing this sort of repair, but it's cheap and fibreglass doesn't rust!     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of ryanmel Sent: Monday, 2 June 2003 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rust repairs Any tips on the best way to go around repairing rust around the lip of the boot (under the seal) on a 1600.?  No easy rust repair panels out there yet?  I am going to have my first go at repairing rust myself.  I have done it before when I was younger, but I was a whole lot lazier then too. The car I'm getting has very little rust in it so I was going to do it myself.   Help?  Tips?   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------