Ditto here. <y Tiger sat in my garage for 3 years in bare metal. I live
2 blocks form a saltwater bay and the summers her have brutal humidity.
Not one spec of rust. That iron phosphate works!
Paul
On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 11:27 AM, Doug Hamilton wrote:
> Mike,
> My TR3 has been dipped, stripped, and phosphated as well. And due to
> two
> members of my family have major health problems I haven't touched the
> car in 18 months or more and there is no sign of any rust forming any
> where on my TR3. But the car is stored in a dry heated garage and I
> live
> in an area where the humidity rarely goes as high as 40%. One thing to
> keep in mind is that most primers are porous and will do more to hide
> rust forming than they do to protect against it the exception being any
> epoxy primer most of which seal the metal better than a top coat does.
> In your situation if you feel you must prime it with something I would
> look into using a weld through primer in the areas that you will be
> doing more work and depending on the manufactures information on the
> weld through primer maybe shooting the whole tub with it.
>
> Doug Hamilton
> 1960 Triumph TR3A
> 1963 Fiat Cabriolet
>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:00:27 -0700
>> From: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
>> Subject: How to moth ball a project vehicle?
>>
>> I now have a dilema. The body tub for my TR3 has been dipped and
>> stripped, and I have partially completed its restoration. The sills
>> and
>> floors are ready to weld in, but there is quit a bit of rust repair
>> left
>> to be done. At the rate that I have been going, there is probably a
>> little more than a month's worth of work left before it's ready for
>> primer.
>>
>> We just stumbled acrossed an excelent oportunity on a foreclosed piece
>> of property which has a fairly new house but no shop. It took some
>> negotiation, but the bank took our low-ball offer. I am now stuck in
>> the
>> situation of having to put my project car in mothballs for six months
>> or
>> so while we move and I build a shop. The up side is that now I have
>> the
>> oportunity to go from working in a two car garage to the 30 X 60 shop
>> that I always wanted.
>>
>> My body tub has been treated with an iron phosphate coating, so it is
>> showing no signs if rust. I don't however, think that it would be
>> smart
>> to leave it for six months or more without further rust protection. I
>> have considered a light coat of primer for protection, but the down
>> side
>> is having to sand all of the areas that need welding when I start work
>> on it again.
>>
>> Any one have any suggestions as to how I should best protect the bare
>> metal while in storage?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> 1956 TR3
>> 1960 TR3A
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