Once and for all, and the last time, I swear, I'll ask...
Last year I had new rocker panels and doglegs welded and filled into my beloved '93 Limited. Had another guy paint them.
He sucks. After like 2 weeks there were slight traces of rust. I sprayed them with WD40 to make it through the rest of the winter. Nothing severe happened or anything. Has been in storage for the summer.
What can I do to coat/paint the rocker panels, doglegs, and rear wheel wells to stop/prevent rust? And in what order? I know that rust is not ever stoppable (at least in Michigan
) but I'd like to do the best I can the readily available materials, and do it myself.
Since I have factory running boards this job does not have to be smooth/glossy because it won't really be seen. I would also like to do this for the bottoms of the doors, hood, and tailgate
Things I've thought up of using or that I have...
Paintable rubber undercoat (spray)
Spray bed liner
Rustoleum "Rusty Metal" primer (spray)
Rustoleum professional white spray (my truck is Oxford White)
Loctite cold galvinizing compound (spray)
clearcoat (spray)
oil-based undercoat (the stuff that's like gear oil and kind of dries, applied by air compressor/gun or with a brush)
3M Rust Fighter/"cosmelene" (I could spray this through the running board holes, into the rocker)
I'm willing to go to a paint store or something and picking up some better stuff as long as its not too complicate to get (or really expensive)
My rust problems aren't/weren't severe at all. I only found that the doglegs were bad when I found I could cut through them with a knife. Not much of the rocker panel had to be replaced. The bottoms of the doors have minor rust which is simply "peeking" through. Same thing with around the wheel wells.
Monmix is good at this stuff
Been a while since I've been "on the board" but I intend on visiting normally.
Thank you.
Last year I had new rocker panels and doglegs welded and filled into my beloved '93 Limited. Had another guy paint them.
He sucks. After like 2 weeks there were slight traces of rust. I sprayed them with WD40 to make it through the rest of the winter. Nothing severe happened or anything. Has been in storage for the summer.
What can I do to coat/paint the rocker panels, doglegs, and rear wheel wells to stop/prevent rust? And in what order? I know that rust is not ever stoppable (at least in Michigan
) but I'd like to do the best I can the readily available materials, and do it myself.Since I have factory running boards this job does not have to be smooth/glossy because it won't really be seen. I would also like to do this for the bottoms of the doors, hood, and tailgate
Things I've thought up of using or that I have...
Paintable rubber undercoat (spray)
Spray bed liner
Rustoleum "Rusty Metal" primer (spray)
Rustoleum professional white spray (my truck is Oxford White)
Loctite cold galvinizing compound (spray)
clearcoat (spray)
oil-based undercoat (the stuff that's like gear oil and kind of dries, applied by air compressor/gun or with a brush)
3M Rust Fighter/"cosmelene" (I could spray this through the running board holes, into the rocker)
I'm willing to go to a paint store or something and picking up some better stuff as long as its not too complicate to get (or really expensive)
My rust problems aren't/weren't severe at all. I only found that the doglegs were bad when I found I could cut through them with a knife. Not much of the rocker panel had to be replaced. The bottoms of the doors have minor rust which is simply "peeking" through. Same thing with around the wheel wells.
Monmix is good at this stuff
Been a while since I've been "on the board" but I intend on visiting normally.
Thank you.
