HELP!! My car is rotting away!!

RMARIANI · 08-24-2001, 06:44 AM

A little over a month ago, I noticed a rust patch on my driver's side rear quarter panel in the wheel well just above where the rear bumper cover starts. Well, yesterday I took a paint/rust remover wheel and went to work. After I got the top layer of paint and rust off, I started to notice that there was a hole under it. Its hard to describe, but the bare metal was shiny, in one part it was darker. I was thinking it reminded me of a cavity. I went pretty deep into the hole and was still removing black/rusty metal. I don't want to just fill this in with Bondo, as I'm sure it'll just rust through again. What are my alternatives to a body shop?? I didn't plan on painting the car for at least another year, but I don't want her to slowly rot away either.

Smokedawg · 08-24-2001, 01:06 PM

Theres some stuff that my father uses on his old farm equipment called rust-mort. Its pretty expensive, about 30 bucks for 12-18 ounces...it takes very little though. You just clean the surface up, get off all the rust you can, rub rust-mort over the left-over rust, let it sit and cure for 2 days, then paint. It stops the rust from coming back through. We have done this to quite a few tractors and it has been 5-10 years and the rust still hasnt came back through.

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Smokedawg · 08-24-2001, 01:07 PM

You can get it at a body paint shop usually. Its hard to find it around here.. Your best bet is to get a phone book and call around..

RMARIANI · 08-24-2001, 01:24 PM

Thanks Smokedawg. I'll look around for the stuff. I was a little skeptical about using these so-called rust converters but if you've had good experiences with Rust-mort, I'll give it a try.

08-24-2001, 06:44 AM	#1
RMARIANI Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New Jersey Posts: 167	HELP!! My car is rotting away!! A little over a month ago, I noticed a rust patch on my driver's side rear quarter panel in the wheel well just above where the rear bumper cover starts. Well, yesterday I took a paint/rust remover wheel and went to work. After I got the top layer of paint and rust off, I started to notice that there was a hole under it. Its hard to describe, but the bare metal was shiny, in one part it was darker. I was thinking it reminded me of a cavity. I went pretty deep into the hole and was still removing black/rusty metal. I don't want to just fill this in with Bondo, as I'm sure it'll just rust through again. What are my alternatives to a body shop?? I didn't plan on painting the car for at least another year, but I don't want her to slowly rot away either.

08-24-2001, 01:06 PM	#2
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	Theres some stuff that my father uses on his old farm equipment called rust-mort. Its pretty expensive, about 30 bucks for 12-18 ounces...it takes very little though. You just clean the surface up, get off all the rust you can, rub rust-mort over the left-over rust, let it sit and cure for 2 days, then paint. It stops the rust from coming back through. We have done this to quite a few tractors and it has been 5-10 years and the rust still hasnt came back through. ------------------ 347 Stroker Motor: Balanced, Cobra Transmission, Extrude Ported and Polished Upper and ported Lower, GT40 Milled Ported and Polished Heads, B303 Cam, BBK 1 5/8 Headers, 30lb Bosch Injectors, Holley AFPR, March Underdrive Pulleys, Perma-Cool Fan, 3-Core Radiator, Accel Performance Coil, Accel 300+ Racing Wires, Ram Air, K&N Filter, 73mm Vortech MAF, 70mm TB, FlowMaster Exhaust w/BBK Offroad H-Pipe, Hurst Shifter, 3:55 Gears, Ram Clutch, Cross Drilled Rotors, AC and Smog del, rear seat del.

08-24-2001, 01:07 PM	#3
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	You can get it at a body paint shop usually. Its hard to find it around here.. Your best bet is to get a phone book and call around..

08-24-2001, 01:24 PM	#4
RMARIANI Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New Jersey Posts: 167	Thanks Smokedawg. I'll look around for the stuff. I was a little skeptical about using these so-called rust converters but if you've had good experiences with Rust-mort, I'll give it a try.