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• Rust Inhibit Kit (WAXOYL)-Is this the Holy Grail?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 06:09:36 -0800
  ...Body has some rusty seams Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for a conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail...
• Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:57:47 -0700
  ...The rust is confined to just the > lower seam right now and I would like to stop it right there as the rest of...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:22:16 EDT
  Has anyone every tried a product called Corrosion X on their seams? I read and article once that said it was used to stop...
• Re: Seam Sealant - What Brand is best? What is the best
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:55:01 -0700
  ...OEM sealant? I don't have rust, but I would like to repair a couple of seams that have cracks in the sealant. I...
• Re: Vanagon Seams
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:14:16 -0800
  ...Vanagon Seams > > Sand blast them clean with a spot sand blaster, and fill the seams with > body panel adhesive. > Never show rust in that...
• Re: Material to fill the seams
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 May 2010 21:56:56 -0700
  ...the way I found to permanently stop the seam rust issue. > > Mask off the seams---right to either edge. > Get ahold of a spot...
• Re: vanagon seam rust repair
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:23 +0000
  On my '84 Westy that I just sold (:-( I miss the ole girl) I had no visible seam rust, but I had a lot...
• Re: POR 15 in the seems
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:09:07 -0800
  ...all the seam sealer and gain access to the inner seam. > All you have to do is get all the rust converted or removed...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:50:21 -0700
  ...Tell me if my thinking is off be but I'm planning on taking a MIG to the seams. Then your grinding off metal...
• Corrosion Eliminator?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:58:24 -0600
  ...seams, outside of my seams, and into my front and rear suspension A frames, and into every crevice I could find. No rust started...
• Re: rust between rear panels, 91 gl camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 2000 10:00:31 EDT
  ...anyone with some expierence or advice would be greatly appreciated. >> its seam rust.. if you dont have any holes, dont cut it out, you...
• Re: Seem rust restoration, etc
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:10:30 -0500
  ...I don't have it bad at all, but there were a few seams that were beginning to show a little rust, including the...
• do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler on primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 May 2007 12:03:41 EDT
  ...if you try to fix a rust hole or seam rust damage with BONDO it will bubble out in less than 6 months.. BTDT...
• Re: Link to seam rust fix
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:51:37 +0000
  Original message from JordanVw@AOL.COM: >> the westys get the drivers seam rust from water leaking behind the 3 fill ports. i say this...
• Re: POR-15 and seams
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:38:09 -0400
  ...I take it that your seam rust is at the long horizontal stretch at the floor line? Dave Milo -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Seam rust on Vanagon I'm looking to buy
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ellsmere
  Tue, 2 Jul 2013 19:15:15 -0400
  ...like i said, that is nothing. > > come to new york/new england if you want to see some REAL seam rust. what you got...
• Re: ENTIRE interior is out... any odd jobs I should be doing?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:03:26 -0500
  ...the inside and, perhaps, spray a band of the rustproofing on the panel seams.>> This would be a great place to apply a coat...
• Re: Link to seam rust fix
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 12:21:55 EST
  ...out condensation... > > possible, but not likely the westys get the drivers seam rust from water leaking behind the 3 fill ports. i say this...
• Wanted: totally rust-free Syncro or Syncro Westy body shell
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:34:13 -0700
  I'm looking for a complete, un-molested, original paint, absolutely no-rust (not even the smallest bit of seam rust) Syncro or Syncro...
• Re: Seam bubbling
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:36:00 -0800
  Hence: "Rust never sleeps." Jim Blue Eyes wrote: > > Seam bubbling arises when oxidation occurs between > seals at joined body panels. This process > destroys the...
• Seams
  Historical mailing list - Joel D Shortlidge
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:26:13 -0500
  My brother is flipping out over the seam rust that is growing on our newly repainted '87 Syncro. The body shop wants $475 to...
• How to fix the rust under the inlets ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:22:23 -0700
  ...is primer/sealer weathertight? >A few weeks ago I did my seams and surrounding three inches, at the typical > rust spot where the camper...
• 1985 Westy project for sale $3000
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:02:33 -0800
  ...rocker seam is rusty, and there is a rust area under the hookups. There are a few small dents and seam rust in the...
• Re: POR 15 in the seems
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:35:30 -0800
  ...I literally scraped the exterior seam down to > bare metal, prepped and painted with generic rust paint. So far so > good. Down the road...
• Re: Things I have learned on taking out the cabinets
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:27:41 -0800
  ...Do you have any photos of the seam welding??? Phil 84' all white Westfalia "Millenium Falcon" 84' all brown Rustfalia/Wolfy GL "Sh*thawk...
• Re: What is the "end all and be all" answer to rust?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:08:34 EDT
  ...There is some seam rust on the driver side seam next to the water cabinet that does need some attention. The goal is to...
• seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:45:44 -0400
  Years ago we used vinegar to curb the rust. Don't ask me how it works but it does. Just keep spraying it on...
• Re: POR Patch as a seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:30:38 -0700
  ...POR Patch as a seam sealer? I guess you didnt see my pics? The rust is in the seam flange. I'm happy for...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:28:40 -0700
  ...some of the dammage that I got one winter tore up a seam and the rust is getting bad there. In order to fix...
• Re: SEAM RUST - a picture is worth a thousand words
  Historical mailing list - Steve Mozurkewich
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:52:37 -0600
  I have minor seam rust on my 89 westy. I live in Michigan home of the salty roads in winter. It's not bad...
• added more pics to seam rust por-15 project
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:48:35 -0400
  http://home.earthlink.net/~mark.cumnock/id16.html
• Re: POR Patch as a seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:07:05 +0000
  I guess you didnt see my pics? The rust is in the seam flange. I'm happy for anybody that has been able to...
• Check for rust while fridge is out! (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:42 -0700
  ...Seam exterior (not so bad right?): http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/KitchenSeamRust.jpg/KitchenSeamRust-full;init:.jpg Dreaded rust: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/Rusthold.jpg...
• Re: Preventing Seam Rust
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:41:18 EDT
  ...CODENET.NET writes: << Does anyone know a good way to prevent seam rust before it happens. >> Mike, Here's my read on the subject...
• Re: Question on body panel "filler"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 95 9:55:22 EDT
  ...all older vanagons seem to be rusting in the seams around here so it is probably an important consideration. John Anderson
• Re: new Listee
  Historical mailing list - dogsbody
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:04:36 -0700
  ...rocker on the driver's side, rust by the window arches, rust in side body panel seams and under window seals. My van has...
• Re: Looks fairly clean, but...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:27:30 -0500
  Hi George, I saw that too, but figured that seam rust does not rule out low milage, esp. on the east coast. I have...
• question about painting
  Historical mailing list - CHRISTOPHER FRYER
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:59:24 EST
  howdy, ive been thinking about all this seam rust, and once i get all that ugly rust stopping primer and seam sealer on, im...
• Re: RE: vanagon longevity?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:44:51 -0300
  ...Vanagons rust much more slowly than the older busses, but keep the exterior seams clean and well waxed. tim s. (who must do all...
• Re: PIC. Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:55:21 -0700
  ...The ones >> with seam rust starting would obviously have more lurking. >> >> It's interesting to note how seam rust may start. Elsewhere, I see...
• Re: Windshield de-icer in a can?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:09:35 -0800
  ...I don't know whether rust can be incited much. But it doesn't take much encouragement for it to get into seam rusting...
• Re: do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler on primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Sun, 13 May 2007 14:38:01 -0500
  Is there some special technique and protector which will reduce rust development on the seams? I had the entire body re-habbed late last...
• Re: SEAM RUST - a picture is worth a thousand words
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:04:43 -0800
  ...It had seam rust on one panel, which I thought was weird. They were orig. owners and said it had never been out of...
• Re: CL: 1987 Poptop in Modesto for $3700
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:07:42 -0700
  ...wrote: > Yeah, how does a California Weekender get that kind of seam rust? No > openings in the side to allow the rain in. Very...
• Re: POR Patch as a seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:15:29 -0700
  ...EXACTLY ! The ONLY way to stop seam rust forever is to clean the seams thoroughly, both sides, apply POR-15 according to the directions...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Duclos Darie
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:10:03 +0200
  > Does anyone have successful experience treating this type of rust at the > seam? This doesn't seem like a good candidate for cut'n...
• Re: Seem Rust
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:16:17 -0700
  >I am a tad confused about "seem rust". Does it seem rusty? Where any 2 body panels meet, this constitutes a seam. Because dirt...
• Re: Seem rust restoration, etc
  Historical mailing list - Brandon Christophel
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:10:25 -0700
  ...I don't have it bad at all, but there were a few seams > that were beginning to show a little rust, including the...
• All of this talk about seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:10:12 -0500
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• Re: Fw: "Clear Tape" on the wheel well? WAS Seam rust. Yuck.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:42:07 EDT
  West coast metric has these. Cheers, Mark
• Re: Seeking advice for fixing many small rust spots
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:21:09 +0000
  ...For small stone chips that have started to rust, I've found that a Dremel with a pointed grinding stone is perfect for blasting...
• Re: yearly reminder to caulk your fill ports and remove your hatch
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Fri, 19 May 2006 18:25:25 -0700
  ...There is no rust yet, but it looks like it could be a problem. What's recommended to re-caulk the body seams?
• Re: Preventing Seam Rust
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 21:20:55 -0700
  ...CODENET.NET writes: > ><< Does anyone know a good way to prevent seam rust before it happens. >> > >Mike, > >Here's my read on the subject...
• Re: Seem rust restoration, etc
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:41:23 -0500
  ...Seem rust restoration, etc I've actually been working on my seams the past two weekends and am painting them as we speak. I...
• Re: Question - RE: Vanagon Seams & Sealing them up for good... Amended with n...
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:10:49 -0600
  ...use seam sealer. and remember - the rust/water comes from BEHIND the seam. so making the outside pretty without taking care of the root...
• Re: hard to reach seam rust .. best options
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 30 May 2006 11:55:38 -0400
  If you have seam rust above the rear wheel arches I would seriously consider replacing them with a single panel like Doug Alcock did...
• Dealing With Seam Rust: Solutions?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:41:43 -0600
  ...Yes, my Westy is also showing very light seam rust, which I would like to deal with. Now, I would like to discuss possible...
• Re: Oily newspapers, was: Seam Rust Observation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:43:20 -0600
  ...Seam Rust Observation > > Just as a side note I work in a autobody shop and one of the most effective > ways I've seen...
• fs '87 westfalia gl
  Historical mailing list - edward m bennett
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:05:26 -0800
  runs strong,very clean,beginning seam rust. looking for best offer,over $10,000 invested Ed
• Re: Seam Rust Observation
  Historical mailing list - Daivd Janzen
  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:02:09 EDT
  Just as a side note I work in a autobody shop and one of the most effective ways I've seen to fight rust...