On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:22 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Some tips on the initial question as well (seam rust.)� Make a little sharp flat scraper tool with a reverse angled hook, I take a bit of 1/16" x 1/2" steel, about the width of the seams, grind a reverse notch into it, looking like a plexiglass cutter it you know what that looks like, having a bit of taper on the 1/16" dimension and use it to pull/peel the old rust and sealer out of the seams.

I scraped out as much crap as I could on the RH rear fender seam.
Primed/painted with rattle cans.

Though not a true test of time, no obvious evidence of rust after
almost 3 years. I attribute most of that to scraping down to new bare
metal. It's somewhat time intensive, but seemed to help. (get it?
"Seemed" har har har)

Neil.

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