Rust Repair Maiden Voyage
There's also a rotting area at the rear of the rocker panel.
I found a one-inch rotten spot on the wheel house, barely visible until I started poking at it.
Looking in the new hole, I could see the rocker is rusting from the inside out--as many FABO'ers could have told me.
I also found I could see the quarter panel rust from the inside of the trunk, once I knew where to look--right where the wheelhouse, trunk extension, and quarter skin meet, on both sides of the car. Here's the left side.
And on the right side.
I used a piece of wire to scrape out the dirt from the "V" at the bottom of the quarter.
Then I flushed it out with water to get the last of the dirt, followed by acetone to remove the water.
I let it dry overnight, then sprayed Rustoleum Rust Reformer on all the rust I could get to. I sprayed it in through the holes in the quarter panel, and down past the trunk extension panels from inside the trunk. I also sprayed the inside of the rocker through the hole. I'm sure I missed a few spots, but I'm going to do my best to keep water out of there anyway by completely filling those areas with filler that I'm going to make using West Marine 2-part epoxy and colloidal silicon filler.
There's also a rotting area at the rear of the rocker panel.
I found a one-inch rotten spot on the wheel house, barely visible until I started poking at it.
Looking in the new hole, I could see the rocker is rusting from the inside out--as many FABO'ers could have told me.
I also found I could see the quarter panel rust from the inside of the trunk, once I knew where to look--right where the wheelhouse, trunk extension, and quarter skin meet, on both sides of the car. Here's the left side.
And on the right side.
I used a piece of wire to scrape out the dirt from the "V" at the bottom of the quarter.
Then I flushed it out with water to get the last of the dirt, followed by acetone to remove the water.
I let it dry overnight, then sprayed Rustoleum Rust Reformer on all the rust I could get to. I sprayed it in through the holes in the quarter panel, and down past the trunk extension panels from inside the trunk. I also sprayed the inside of the rocker through the hole. I'm sure I missed a few spots, but I'm going to do my best to keep water out of there anyway by completely filling those areas with filler that I'm going to make using West Marine 2-part epoxy and colloidal silicon filler.