Repairing the Rust on the bottom lip of my hatch. Any tips or Suggestions????

[MTU 50]

Originally posted by andy669
MTU, I understand now! The only problem you might have is when grinding the rust, you might run out of metal! For this application I would suggest sand blasting the rust pits out. Not with a big heavy duty industrial sand blaster, just something with enough pressure to take the rust out of the pits.

I would then use some spot primer to fill the holes. You can get the kind thats in the tube. Its usually red. I call it redcap, but other people have different names for it. Just be sure to give it plenty of time to cure, that stuff shrinks like crazy!! This way you can eliminate having to use bondo. The spot putty is much easier to sand too!

andy

I've never heard of spot primer before, but it sounds like it might work. Yeah, one of the things I plan on being extra careful about is removing the least amount of metal possible. A sand blaster may be hard to come by, but I'll ask my girlfriends dad. He has a lot of tools and since I am away at school, he is my best bet when I need a particular tool that I don't have. If it is too big to get down in the basement, I might have to go with the dremel though.

Yeah, thanks for the replies everybody. I know it is not going to look perfect, and it doesn't even have to last years, just prevent major cosmetic and physical damage. I'm sure I'll notice the flawed aspects of the repair up close, but as long as most people can't tell, thats fine with me. I am sure you guys know every little imperfection on your car just like me and it drives you crazy like it does to me.