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whats a good method for rust proofing holes drilled into the body e.g. snorkel, cargo barrier, etc. i know some people just use touch up paint, others use cold gal, and others use that brown liquid stuff that takes a few minutes to set. I want something that will withstand the elements, mud, dirt, water, gerny and of course... rust.
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
Kenta if the hole is new I would think a coat or two of primer/undercoat then a coat or two of colour whether it is spray pack or brush. If it is not a new hole then clean it up with a bit of wet & dry beforehand. -
Re: rust proofing holes in body work
wont hurt to hit it with some fisholene . Every year I hit my box trailer with it then throw a coat of primer over top over 10 years old still looks newComment
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
I used Silver Zinc. In the pic, it's the spray can in the middle. The colour came out identical to my silver prado too
After I drilled into the Prado to fit a snorkel, I deburred all holes and coated the holes with about 3 coats of Silver Zinc. Good thing with the cold gal sprays are that most dry really quick so I was able to plaster it on without having to wait for metallic touch up paint to dry.[b]Silver 2008 D4D Auto GXL[/b]
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
I ran a heavy engineering company that produced products for extreme environments, the only way to repair hot dip galvanising is with cold gal. If you have to repair paint areas this is the answer as it can be painted over with regular auto paints. Be very careful with spray cans that advertise to be spray gal and have a silver look, they need to be over 90% zinc (the can will show this) and should be heavier than "silver paint" look alikes, Molytec is the best and Silver Zinc is the next best.
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
Many moons ago we used to paint freshly welded steel pipework with a product called Galvafroid, one of those cold gal paints with a high zinc content. Something like that should do the job for you :wink:
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
try using RUSTBULLET..i think its the best in the market and its already silver so you wont have problem painting it over..i used that under my battery tray to stop rust from buliding up and from spreading. only downside is $90 a litre + deliveryComment
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Re: rust proofing holes in body work
penetrol works well if its light to medium rust, it is a super thin liquid that gets in to the rust and stops air or water getting to it (stops rust from continuing). comes in spray and paint on forms.Comment
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