motoxnate
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Hi everybody, I'm fairly new here and to the paint / restoration trade in general. My first project was painting a set of side skirts to match my car, which took a lot of time and a bit of rework after some mistakes, but I made it happen.
My car has a bit of rust that started and was bondo-ed by the previous owner on the rear fender well. Last fall I realized there was bondo and chipped it out, revealing a small gap (~5mm) in between where the outer panel meets the inner panel. However, the rust itself is fairly local and seems to be completely contained within a ~2 square inch area horizontally.
I don't have the welding experience to cut this out and repair it myself (also a patch panel for this fender is very difficult to find). A while back I bought a quart of USC All-Metal filler because I had heard good things about it and its expansion properties. Right now, I'm leaning toward the following process:
1. Spot blasting / wire wheeling all of the rust out.
2. Apply Ospho to whatever surface rust I can't reach in small pits.
3. Paint the whole area epoxy primer to completely seal the metal.
4. Use the all-metal filler to fill in the seam and smooth over the outer fender a little bit.
5. Top the outer surface with evercoat gold for a good finish.
6. If this seems like a good fix - have a friend who has a body shop either blend or repaint the entire panel. I'm worried about the blend not looking good or fading.
Does this selection of product / use sound like it would last a good while? I know that since it is filler, it's not as permanent as welding, but the area that needs filler is mostly internal to the body and my idea is that epoxy primer would seal the metal, so the filler isn't as much of a worry with future rust.
Attached are a few photos of what's going on... sorry I don't have any of the gap where the seam has rusted out.
My car has a bit of rust that started and was bondo-ed by the previous owner on the rear fender well. Last fall I realized there was bondo and chipped it out, revealing a small gap (~5mm) in between where the outer panel meets the inner panel. However, the rust itself is fairly local and seems to be completely contained within a ~2 square inch area horizontally.
I don't have the welding experience to cut this out and repair it myself (also a patch panel for this fender is very difficult to find). A while back I bought a quart of USC All-Metal filler because I had heard good things about it and its expansion properties. Right now, I'm leaning toward the following process:
1. Spot blasting / wire wheeling all of the rust out.
2. Apply Ospho to whatever surface rust I can't reach in small pits.
3. Paint the whole area epoxy primer to completely seal the metal.
4. Use the all-metal filler to fill in the seam and smooth over the outer fender a little bit.
5. Top the outer surface with evercoat gold for a good finish.
6. If this seems like a good fix - have a friend who has a body shop either blend or repaint the entire panel. I'm worried about the blend not looking good or fading.
Does this selection of product / use sound like it would last a good while? I know that since it is filler, it's not as permanent as welding, but the area that needs filler is mostly internal to the body and my idea is that epoxy primer would seal the metal, so the filler isn't as much of a worry with future rust.
Attached are a few photos of what's going on... sorry I don't have any of the gap where the seam has rusted out.