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Old 03-29-14, 07:43 PM
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as for the rust I just cut this out of a hurricane fatality 1979.

My car suffers from the rear wheel well rot. The right side is mostly good, but the left has a sizable chunk taken out of it.






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As apposed to installing parts that have budding rust on them or spending HOURS on the wire wheel I've opted to do electrolosys.






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Cool! Let us know how the electrolysis works out!
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Cool! Let us know how the electrolysis works out!

Well sir... It went well.

Just want to do a little wire wheeling to remove the loose particals and she'll be like new.




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That's freakin' awesome! Isn't electrolysis great?!? You get results like that, kills the rust, and it's EASY! No spending hours with a wire wheel or grinder and creating a mess. Awesome.

I didn't let it sit around in the humid air long after I got it out of the electrolysis bath. I treat it with the metal ready from POR-15 after it was good and dry just to make sure I had done all I can to prevent it from rusting again (in my lifetime anyway) and then painted it; either with POR-15 or rustoleum. It likely will not be a permanent solution, but it gave me peace of mind that I had done what I could to battle the rust.

Nice job.
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