This all started with a stone chip in the paint and overtime, the exposed metal rusted and has bubbled beneath the surrounding paint. This is what happens if rock chips are left alone, so cover up chips with touch up paint as soon as you see them.
This chip got really bad and the rust has spread, causing the surrounding paint to bubble. Today I’ll strip it down, fill the pitted areas with body filler and prime & paint the repair area to blend in with the original OEM paint on the rest of the roof.
Here’s a list of products that I used:
• Wax & Grease Remover:
• Blue shop towels
• Q-tips
• Wire wheel brush set:
• Automotive masking tape (wide):
• Body filler, hardener:
• Mixing board:
• Spreader:
• Dura-Block sanding block:
• Sand paper variety pack:
• Spot putty:
• Duplicolor self etching primer:
• Duplicolor filler primer:
• Duplicolor Perfect Match paint
• Duplicolor Lacquer Clear Coat:
• Tack Cloth:
• Orbital buffer 10″:
• Terry cloth pad set 10″:
• Meguiars light cutting compound/polish:
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I’m scared to death to try this on the wife’s minivan. Don’t know why. It’s the wife’s minivan…🤣
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You know you can dremel than manually sand it, right?
filler on bare metal ? greese remover on filler ? its extremly hydrophobic. There was rust.
Hi Mate, a few improvements that will assist you and your viewers. Once you have sanded all the flaky rust away, always use a rust converter to neutralize the active rust before putting filler over the top as it will de-laminate in a few years otherwise. Something like phosphoric acid will work perfectly and is cheap.
Once you use wax and grease remover/ prepsol, don't touch with bare hands (like you did before etch primer) as this will transfer grease from your fingers and hands and could cause 'fish eyes' in your paint.
did you know you could get 10pc nuggets for just 3 bucks at burger king??
I will definitely follow your instructions when i start doing some work on my rust bucket passat 😁
Omg! Look at all those wasted Arby's coupons!
Rust doesn't create more rust. The notion that all rust must go isn't exactly true. While it would be beneficial to remove all of it, Rust itself cannot create more rust. Oxygen and moisture exposure is the only cause. The reality for this project is that the rust will return because you are not able to reach under the lip where it all started. Moisture will get in and start the process all over again. Windshield rust is the worst to deal with and requires removal of the windshield, some trim and the headliner to properly seal the metal.
Great video with good photography and instruction. Cheers !