Hi,
The leaking fuel tank has now been removed and my OH has done some very nice repair work to the chassis, I have spent the last 2 days scraping all the loose rust and old falling off chassis paint from the back 3/4 of my chassis. For 42 years old it is not doing too badly at all, I have not found any more rot.
The question is how to treat it? what does anyone recommend?
Chassis paint?
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romanyrose
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Re: Chassis paint?
G'day matey, i use cur-rust i think it is called 
but i know it turn's the metal black and is supposed to slow down the rusting process, i had a gallon tin that had the corner of the tin damaged and had started to leak so was thrown in the bin but not for long 
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The guy who binned it was a fitter at a military base who through it out because of the use by date had expired and i am not joking
, he hardly used it but the tin got damaged so it sort of jumped in my bin 
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The military stuff was white in colour, smelt the same and dried black so maybe it was the same stuff but bought in bulk in a white gallon tin .
Oil rig's are painted in something phosphate , the name has left me while typing the above 
sorry, but someone will be along in a bit unless my bounce recover's a tad.
R-Rose 
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but i know it turn's the metal black and is supposed to slow down the rusting process, i had a gallon tin that had the corner of the tin damaged and had started to leak so was thrown in the bin but not for long .The guy who binned it was a fitter at a military base who through it out because of the use by date had expired and i am not joking
, he hardly used it but the tin got damaged so it sort of jumped in my bin .The military stuff was white in colour, smelt the same and dried black so maybe it was the same stuff but bought in bulk in a white gallon tin
.Oil rig's are painted in something phosphate
, the name has left me while typing the above sorry, but someone will be along in a bit unless my bounce recover's a tad. R-Rose .-
romanyrose
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Re: Chassis paint?
G'day matey, Zinc phosphate is what it say's on the tin and i was told the above and would be a good primer for bare rusty chassis part's, however the gallon tin was a gift due to the use by date and the fact it was going in the skip .
I guess it's maybe not good advice but when need's must having ran out of the cure-rust it did the job well but had to be outside or a well ventilated area
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Catch you later. R-Rose .
.I guess it's maybe not good advice but when need's must having ran out of the cure-rust it did the job well but had to be outside or a well ventilated area
.Catch you later. R-Rose
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