beautiful idea. I love it
Ken Gano
kengano@advant.com
TR3A TS57756 (in pieces)
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> From: Mark R. Anderton <andertonm@juno.com>
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Preventing Rusty Floorpans
> Date: Sunday, December 01, 1996 8:10 PM
>
> There has been some discussion on this list recently about the most
> effective way to prevent the floorpans on our cars from turning to swiss
> cheese from rust. One way is to do as I have done, and train everyone at
> the office to tell you when it's raining, so they can watch you run out
> to the parking lot like a madman to put your top up.
>
> At the risk of being tarred and feathered, I have found that the most
> effective treatment for floorpans and other rust-prone parts is - boy,
> is this embarrasing - roofing cement -tar. It works. I bought my
> current TR6 about 7 years ago and it had floorpans that were 92% okay,
> but there were a few pinholes up to about 1/8th of an inch in diameter.
> Not enough to warrant replacing the floorpans, but I wanted to do
> something to seal the holes and prevent further rust. A friend who had
> been keeping a thoroughly oxidized Volvo Amazon going on a shoestring
> budget gave me his gallon can of roofing cement and I went to work.
> Here's the really humiliating part: over the holes I used pieces of
> paper towel that were thoroughly soaked in the tar. The only redeeming
> virtues are that (a) I used a really high quality paper towel and (b) it
> worked great. I am currently replacing the carpet, and the rust that was
> there seven years ago has proceeded no further and there is absolutely no
> new rust anywhere that I painted the goop.
>
> Here's the best part - you don't have to remove old paint or oil film.
> It likes oily surfaces and it bonds with the existing paint. Afer
> painting the stuff on, I put the jute underlayment right into the wet
> tar. Over a couple of days, it dries to the point that you can touch it
> without it coming off on you fingers. With Corroless and POR you have to
> strip down to bare metal - but not with this stuff. Just get the surface
> clean - no loose, flakey rust or globs of dirt and grease.
>
> Purists and people prepping cars for concourse won't like this approach
> much, but for daily drivers like mine that are parked outside year
> round, there's one less thing you have to worry about.
>
> Mark Anderton
>
> 1972 Triumph TR6 (daily driver)
> 1984 Jaguar XJ6 (2 ea - some people never learn)
> 1966 Morris Minor (everything a car should be)
> 1971 Land Rover
> 1967 Daimler V8 Saloon
> 1958 Velocette MSS (500cc single)
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