A couple of questions, now that I've reached the point where new
metal's being attached to the TR3:
1. I got a 4x8 sheet of 20 gauge plain steel from which I'm creating
new floors and lots of miscellaneous other pieces. It was oily when I
got it, but now that it's been handled and welded the oil's gone and
the rust is already starting.
It will be a while before this car sees paint (like a year, he thinks,
highly optimistically...); what should I coat this new bare metal with
in the interim? I've seen lots of cars waiting for paint with primer
on them, and with the rust showing through the primer, so I wonder if
that's really the way to go. I have seen "cold galvanizing" spray, but
I don't know if that would need some special primer before paint, like
galvanized metal would.
2. I also have new rockers, once they're in place the insides of them
won't get painted, so should I "cold galvanize" inside them, or what?
I've used "Rust Destroyer" (something like POR-15) on the inner sills,
but on the inside of the rockers there's very little rust to destroy,
so far.
(Rocker panel aside: these came from VB and were for pre-60000 cars,
but it took very little to get them to fit my post-60000 model; they
were just a bit long. I would recommend them to anyone who's not
sure.)
I would appreciate knowing what people have done. I don't want to
order specialty stuff from Eastwood, for example; I'd rather use stuff
that's more readily available so generic responses are welcome.
Thanks,
Jim Wallace
TS81417
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