do you have an industrial plating company in your town? if so, get it zinc
plated or tell them to skip the zinc and just clean. it will look like new when
you get the body parts back and all the bondo and years of crud will be gone..
you MUST primer right away to prevent surface rust from appearing.
new mexico jim
Brian m wrote:
> hey all
> while my favorite is my '57, i also have a '43 willys jeep im building at
> the same time. my question is, the body has been sand blasted my the PO but
> he left it outside for a few years, so its 100% covered it surface rust, not
> too much bad rust (none that cant be fixed with flat sheet metal newayz). a
> new body is not an option for me, so what is the lists opinion on what i
> should do, sand blast it again (id rather not, i dont wanna blast away
> another layer of metal), POR-15, chem. dip (which id rather not for the
> simple reason; its expensive round here), sanding by hand, wire wheeling,
> what?
> thanks for any help.
> Brian
> Jess; '57 chevy 3200
> '43 willys jeep
>
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