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Old 02-08-2003, 05:42 PM
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I have a 66 lemans and I need to remove an area of rust pits where the rear roof pillar meets the qtr panel. The pits are a few millimeters deep, and I want to repair this with minimum filler. How?

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I have a 66 lemans and I need to remove an area of rust pits where the rear roof pillar meets the qtr panel. The pits are a few millimeters deep, and I want to repair this with minimum filler. How?

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Old 02-08-2003, 08:49 PM
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Either carefully sandblast the rust out of the pits, or use an acid chemical and saturate the area until the rust is lifted out of the pits. Dupont has a product that works great. Let me know if you need the #.
If the metal is rust free, there is nothing wrong with filling the pitted areas with body filler. It's not like the metal is 1/4" thick, so a layer of filler won't hurt.
I would not use something like POR 15 or a "rust converter" on an external surface to hide rust.

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