1985cucv

washing the truck today(outside 5*) i noticed a small spec of rust on the inside of the door where the seams come together. is there anyway to stop this?????? i though 2nd gens were the only ones that had this problem?

Lost Lake

First of all.... IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! You're nuts!

And rust sucks. Ever try that rust converter stuff?

I spray stuff with Gibbs. It creeps into all the nooks and crannies and shuts the rust down. You would have to search for Gibbs. I found it years ago and bought 100 cases of it and sold most of it to local shops and friends. Awesome for cleaning guns!

I suppose there are a lot of rust inhibitors. I always wanted to try "Boeshield T-9 Corrosion Shield & Waterproof Lubricant"

It's made for Boeing or by Boeing for their jets. It's available through Amazon for $15 a can plus shipping, so it's expensive but it gets rave reviews for stopping rust.

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1985cucv

sweetwill do i will buy some right now. where is lost lake at?

Lost Lake

25 miles northeast of Madison.

bb_94401

Loctite makes a product Extend Rust Treatment which chemically reacts with the rust which stops it and then acts as a primer for a finish coat.

Comes as a liquid or as a spray. Surface actually needs some rust on it for this product to work.

I've used it to stop rust eating its way through a fender on my car, when I was living in Seattle. Stopped rusting on my boat trailer, which gets immersed in salt water.

Great stuff. Remember to pour what you need into a different container, as tiny flakes of rust from a brush will catalyze the reaction and the whole container with setup. Can be found at Walmart, OSH or Ace Hardware or online

tomm

Open the front doors and look where the wheel throws water up.
I get sand, etc building up in here and now they're salting the roads, rust concerns me in this spot. No one waxes there!
It must be getting in by where the fender well meets the body.
Come summer, I'm going to pull the fender wells and silicone those seams.
Also looking at some front mud flaps.

Stuff like that bugs me and I'll wd40 it in the mean time!

15 Digger

I saw a product on one of the shows and in mag that works off battery with some wire and pads that electronically neutralizes corrosion on whole vehicle.

defabshopweldin

Heres what I am doing to mine

http://www.rustcheck.com/

I bought an 04.5 used and have only had it for 2 years so unknown results for me yet. I've seen some vehicles that have had this done, seems to be very effective but does need to be done every year.

Lost Lake

Good luck with that!!! While it works pretty good on ocean vessels, I haven't seen one work on a road vehicle. Most water craft will use zinc anodes anyway.

I kind of put electronic rust preventers in the same category as deer whistles. The theory looks pretty sound, but nobody can prove they work.

15 Digger

What I saw was not anodes like a boat. It had to do with the type of charge in the metal of the vehicle. Don't know if it works or not but sounded scientifically sound, but then so do the bug and deer repellers lol. I'll save my money for the wife repeller.

chris.willis.68

Exactly... but the ground is not. They are used in many industries... but with all the paint and insulators in the truck... you would have to check for conductivity to all the panels from the install point wouldn't you?


Also see www.krown.com very popular here in the northern rust belt.

1985cucv

anodes work on steel pipe we use magnesium ones at work they should work on the frame now that i think of that but the paint on the body might be really hard to get to work as it woluld not be bonded to it idk it might work it works with epoxy coats on pipe? however i bought some of that loctite stuff that was mentioned i will try it and go from there also got some r134a ac additive while i was at it( you know because i need it right now 4*this morn)

upjeeper

I was thinking about spraying the underside of my truck with a thinned POR15.

nice to see another CTD guy near Madison

1985cucv

wisconsin is sweet aint it

mega-engr

POR 15 is good stuff. I used it to seal behind the rocker panels and under the floor of my old Blazer. Those areas are a rust magnet. Should be good for a very long time now.