Looking at the titles for some of those books it seems they are targeted
at the fellow who wants to make his car look totally perfect. Who has a
shop. Sprayers. I'm just looking for temporary fixes.

Say my house has been damaged in a storm. Shingles blown off, window
blown in. A temporary fix would be to cover the holes in the roof with a
tarp, so no more rain can get into the attic, and fasten some plastic
sheeting across the open window. Won't look good, but it will keep
further damage from occurring in the short term.

Right now, these rust bubbles are like that house. I don't want to put
on a new roof yet, or buy a new window. What are the auto body
equivalents of tarps and plastic sheets? Duct tape and primer?

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 5/7/2007 8:27 AM joel walker wrote:

>> get enough money to have some serious body restoration work done. Is
>> there a Dummy's Guide for handling problems like this?
>
> check at www.motorbooks.com   for 'restoration' books.
> BE WARNED!!! they have LOTS of books, even vw bus books, that will
> shrink your wallet!!!
> ;)
>
> also check at http://www.eastwoodco.com/
> they sell the rust treatment stuff and have books about
> restoring/welding/fixing car bodies (put 'books' in the search field,
> and that'll get you started).
> for example, Idiot's Guide to Restoring Collector Cars. stole the name
> from Muir, but might be worth looking at. even how-to videos.
>
> good luck!
> joel
>