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See pic, inject Fluid film, two holes, one top, one as seen. Move the hose way in and pull it out as I spray. Two rounds and it runs out the bottom. Half inch hole, and I have plugs for that size. Mask paint and two coats undercoat after the holes plugged.Starting to see a bit of rust starting on the hatch lip. Scrubbed it with tooth brush and let it dry. Sprayed with rust inhibit Crown aerosol. Will dry to the touch in 2 weeks. Will spray with car color rattle can then.
I have experience with this on door bottoms. It is not from inside.
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Since there's 2 layers of metal along that lip, eventually something will works it's way in between the two, despite your best efforts.Did rattle can spray with a wand inside the rear doglegs last fall. 13 year old car so I am a tick late. Plugged the half inch holes and used undercoat inside the inner wheel well to seal it up. One more winter, daily driven. Looks like I did not go around the top far enough.
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Agree on the lip. If I can keep the inside solid for another couple years, I will be happy. In this one, I painted the lip with rust proofing black, masked to keep it from the outside. See pic, last Fall, I will likely redo this treatment each Fall. I let this one get ahead of me. I think I am way ahead on treating my wagon. I really like my wagon. :lol2:Since there's 2 layers of metal along that lip, eventually something will works it's way in between the two, despite your best efforts.
A U channel filled with waterproof grease slipped over that joint can go a long way to seal up that trouble spot.Since there's 2 layers of metal along that lip, eventually something will works it's way in between the two, despite your best efforts.
So rust showing up but not where I might expect. Fall '16 I treated the rockers as they had rust, especially at the rear where it joins the dogleg. Also drilled holes in the inner fender and treated the dogleg, front, up part way, and further up. Guess I should have gone one more step to the rear/top. Project for when it warms up. I plan to poke through the rust hole and treat the insides, or go in through the inner fender. Then sand it out and use Bondo/glass cloth and patch, sand, paint. Common color. Car just turned 169K and is 15 years old. Serious rust belt here. Winter is not over as far as salt but not far away.See pic, inject Fluid film, two holes, one top, one as seen. Move the hose way in and pull it out as I spray. Two rounds and it runs out the bottom. Half inch hole, and I have plugs for that size. Mask paint and two coats undercoat after the holes plugged.
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Today doing my Sable '03 Sedan, but more rusty than my wagon, this car been through 5 NY winters and several at least in PA. Using some old rattle can stuff Bondo, with the Fluid film wand. Dog Leg done, rocker done and one side rocker to go. I will spray the bottom rail from under and outside later. Hope to get 2-3 more winters out of this. The rocker has two chambers so I do the inside one through the smaller holes on the bottom where the push pins attach the covers.
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I was surprised. I took a knife to this and the other side and expected to see a hole. No. It is surface rust just under the paint. Peal the paint away and it peals back into clean metal. Given some time and it will rust from the outside in but I will not let that happen. I will quick sand around to fresh metal and prime it until warm weather. Lifted the hood and everything in front is white with salt. Hood latch is not very free but been 7 years since cleaned. I will likely hose it down when it is above freezing today.So rust showing up but not where I might expect. Fall '16 I treated the rockers as they had rust, especially at the rear where it joins the dogleg. Also drilled holes in the inner fender and treated the dogleg, front, up part way, and further up. Guess I should have gone one more step to the rear/top. Project for when it warms up. I plan to poke through the rust hole and treat the insides, or go in through the inner fender. Then sand it out and use Bondo/glass cloth and patch, sand, paint. Common color. Car just turned 169K and is 15 years old. Serious rust belt here. Winter is not over as far as salt but not far away.
Daughter drives this car every day, and it has been a really bad winter for wet and salt. She borrowed my wagon for a trip tonight so I will have the sedan a few days and check everything.
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So, took the Dremel out with a drum sanding and knocked off the paint around the rust spots. Used a file folder with a cutout as a shield and primed the area. Might keep it OK till warm weather.So rust showing up but not where I might expect. Fall '16 I treated the rockers as they had rust, especially at the rear where it joins the dogleg. Also drilled holes in the inner fender and treated the dogleg, front, up part way, and further up. Guess I should have gone one more step to the rear/top. Project for when it warms up. I plan to poke through the rust hole and treat the insides, or go in through the inner fender. Then sand it out and use Bondo/glass cloth and patch, sand, paint. Common color. Car just turned 169K and is 15 years old. Serious rust belt here. Winter is not over as far as salt but not far away.
Daughter drives this car every day, and it has been a really bad winter for wet and salt. She borrowed my wagon for a trip tonight so I will have the sedan a few days and check everything.
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So after 37 days still going ~80 per day, mostly trips less than 10 miles, hauling stuff. Wagons are for this but then, Daughter wants to take on 200 mile trip next Tue taking grandson to college. We hope to start moving stuff Monday from the motel and storage to our new apartment. Wagons are for hauling.Since the house fire, I am driving ~80 miles per day rather than ~18 before. I had no plans to run up the miles but @#$%& happens.
Back is full of stuff going and such.
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