resurecting og paint?!

mat54 Wolfsburg Wizard

401 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 3 May 2007, 8:39 pm

#589130

hi there

i have a beetle with og paint its mango green
with a fair bit of surface rust.nothing seriuos just some rust pimples on the surface.
i dont want to respray rather keep the paint and i dont mind the few rust spots it actually looks quite good the rusty red against the mango green.
however i am aware that if i just leave it the way it is and use it as a driver it will very quickly deteriorate more(its been off the road and garaged for the last 30 years)
anyone got ideas of how to slow the process down or what to do?
very much appreciated.
ps unfortunatly the surface rust is bad enough to not just get away with a cut and polish.......
cheers

5PL1TDCS10N Insano Dub Head

845 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 3 May 2007, 10:17 pm

#589175

Hi Mat,

If you treat the rust to stop it from oxidising any further you will loose the 'rust' color.
If it were me I'd carefully brush on some Rust Convertor to treat the rust and then fishoil.

W🙂

57oval Officially Full-On Dubber

305 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 3 May 2007, 11:17 pm

#589197

Hi Mat, i have a og 57 oval, some suface rust and poor paint finish/dull/.I used Kitten cut & polish in a red can then Kitten polish in black can to finish off. Paint looks much better as well as protecting the patina look. Hopes this helps. Anton.