Don't worry about frame rust. British cars throw so much oil everything is
naturally rust proofed ;-)
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From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John T. Blair
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:53 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Painting inside a chassis
At 11:32 PM 1/3/2012, ejrussell@mebtel.net wrote:
>Seeking opinions about painting the chassis of my MGA. The chassis is box
>sections and of course the inside never received any rust-proofing/paint
etc in >1960. As I am finishing up the repairs needed I would like to get
something >inside to preserve it for the next 50 years.
Eric,
Did you clean out the inside of the box chassis?
When I was redoing the box chassis on my Bricklin, I found the best way to
clean the inside was to cut the a couple of feed of a cheap plumbers snake
chuck it in a drill, slide the head into the chassis, turn the drill on, and
let the head bead the inside of the box channel up. Did a good job on
breaking the rust up. Then Vac.
and blew the trash out of the boxes.
I tried to use an undercoating gun and spray the insided of the chassis but
didn't have much luck with that. I ended up pouring paint into the chassis
and tying a sock on the end of a long piece of brake tubing and using that
as a paint brush.
I don't remember weither I used Rustoleium or Por15. I did use both on the
chassis and parts.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
Va. Beach, Va
Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106)
75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
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