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Re: Stopping rust

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Subject: Re: Stopping rust
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:40:53 -0700
Umm, most rubbing alcohol contains water. Look to see if the 
concentration is 100% methyl alcohol. Usually it's 30% or 70%. So you'd 
be rubbing down your bare metal with water.

Walt Goddard had this to say:

>I have been slooowwwwlllly fixing the body on the 77 and cannot seem
>to stop the rust.  Sand down to bare metal, clean well with alcohol
>(rubbing alcohol, not drinking), and then primer with what's called
>self-etching primer.  Supposed to bond to the bare metal.  In all
>cases, rust is coming through the primer after less than 1 month.
>Is there some type of primer that will stop the rust?  Or is there
>some other method I should use when removing dents/scratches?
>TIA
>
>Walt Goddard
>waltcpa@sierra.net
>
>
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
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it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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