Hacra
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Hey all, back end of my explorer has been severely affected by road salt in the last years and it's time to do something about it.
So i bought rust converter, have never used them in past and decided to give it a try.
Product i am using is called aquasteel
And do note i am not employee, nor this is a advert of the product in commercial sense, just sharing my personal experience.
I applied the stuff with brush as i read, better results are seen by doing so, i am actually regretting this as it took forever to get into all the small spaces with brush and should have sprayed it. Also earlier i brushed tow hook assembly/bar/whatever it is called, and the rust converter forms kind of thickish layer which makes the metal look as if it'd be wet, even though it is not. Looks to be working alright.
2.5 litre bottle from ebay with shipping was around 50€ (or 60$ ish), so it's not the cheapest stuff out there, i used around 300ml maybe for the things i brushed it to.
The job is still incomplete as i have to add another coat of it and paint the areas brushed
Below some pictures of before and after.
Before
Being applied
After
Decided to treat the spare rim too, which was VERY rusty.
As you apply it you can notice blue/dark blue color and later it becomes dark/transparent.
I will take more pictures as i get to apply second coat and paint.
So i bought rust converter, have never used them in past and decided to give it a try.
Product i am using is called aquasteel
Aquasteel is a unique corrosion control system developed by Bayer-Wood Technologies for use on rusted ferrous metal surfaces. The ferrous surface to be protected is converted on contact to a complex organic iron compound by the unique deoxygenating agent incorporated in the Aquasteel converter. This black, corrosion-resistant layer is formed by utilizing all the surface moisture and oxygen during the reduction reaction. The special copolymer latex emulsion system dries to form an impermeable barrier to oxygen and moisture.
And do note i am not employee, nor this is a advert of the product in commercial sense, just sharing my personal experience.
I applied the stuff with brush as i read, better results are seen by doing so, i am actually regretting this as it took forever to get into all the small spaces with brush and should have sprayed it. Also earlier i brushed tow hook assembly/bar/whatever it is called, and the rust converter forms kind of thickish layer which makes the metal look as if it'd be wet, even though it is not. Looks to be working alright.
2.5 litre bottle from ebay with shipping was around 50€ (or 60$ ish), so it's not the cheapest stuff out there, i used around 300ml maybe for the things i brushed it to.
The job is still incomplete as i have to add another coat of it and paint the areas brushed
Below some pictures of before and after.
Before
Being applied
After
Decided to treat the spare rim too, which was VERY rusty.
As you apply it you can notice blue/dark blue color and later it becomes dark/transparent.
I will take more pictures as i get to apply second coat and paint.