Rear Air Vent
Mike - August 19th, 2010 at 09:18 PM
I have been trying to clean up some surface rust around around the rear air vent above the engine compartment of my beetle and I can't get to it
all.
Does anyone one have any suggestions on how to fix the surface rust inside the air vent?
Cheers
Mike
68AutoBug - August 19th, 2010 at 09:27 PM
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posted by Mike
I have been trying to clean up some surface rust around around the rear air vent above the engine compartment of my beetle and I can't get to it
all.
Does anyone one have any suggestions on how to fix the surface rust inside the air vent?
Cheers
Mike
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spray it with fishoil then with an antirust paint/undercoat etc...
or filler undercoat...
until its smooth...
paint with satin or flat black paint....
cheers
LEE
Mike - August 19th, 2010 at 09:48 PM
is there anyway I can actually clean out the surface rust?
its probably obvious but whats the reasoning behind painting it black?
cam070 - August 19th, 2010 at 09:57 PM
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posted by Mike
I have been trying to clean up some surface rust around around the rear air vent above the engine compartment of my beetle and I can't get to it
all.
Does anyone one have any suggestions on how to fix the surface rust inside the air vent?
Cheers
Mike
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spray it with fishoil then with an antirust paint/undercoat etc...
or filler undercoat...
until its smooth...
paint with satin or flat black paint....
cheers
LEE
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Lee, how does the paint stick to the fish oil?
68AutoBug - August 20th, 2010 at 12:56 AM
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posted by 68AutoBug
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posted by Mike
I have been trying to clean up some surface rust around around the rear air vent above the engine compartment of my beetle and I can't get to it
all.
Does anyone one have any suggestions on how to fix the surface rust inside the air vent?
Cheers
Mike
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spray it with fishoil then with an antirust paint/undercoat etc...
or filler undercoat...
until its smooth...
paint with satin or flat black paint....
cheers
LEE
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Lee, how does the paint stick to the fish oil?
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Sorry,
I thought I should have clarified that...
You will need the fishoil to dry... the fishoil coats the rust etc and stops air getting to it... so no more rust..
it can take a few days to dry in cooler weather...
or killrust spray paint should do the same job... a few thin coats... of satin or flat black paint....
killrust has epoxy paint which does the same as the fish oil...
a few light coats... will do...
I will get around to doing Mine one day...
its painted silver after a few coats of fish oil...
but a dark color behind the vents looks great....
LEE
boof2332 - September 15th, 2010 at 01:53 PM
spray rust dissolver in there... it may take a couple of goes to get rid of it totally...then paint or treat and paint as you wish.
Matt
cam070 - September 15th, 2010 at 01:58 PM
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spray rust dissolver in there... it may take a couple of goes to get rid of it totally...then paint or treat and paint as you wish.
Matt
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Interesting, never heard of this stuff, turns out Supercheap sell it and its made by 3m so it can't be that bad.
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/3M-Rust-Dissolver-250m...
Thanks for the tip
68AutoBug - September 16th, 2010 at 01:06 AM
rust desolver is excellent on rusted surfaces....
not painted surfaces....
I have been thinking of masking all the vents up so I could spray black satin paint in thru the vents.. ...
LEE
vlad01 - September 19th, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Deox C in there, keep doing it til its gone.
Pressure wash it all out.
Por 15 metal ready, pressure wash it out.
Dry it really good, even use a heat gun if needed.
Por 15 rust paint.
Por15 Tie cote.
Paint of your choice.