His philosophy is to not be any more intrusive than necessary. First a
little poking and prodding with a hand tool to scrape out for a better
look.

In this case it was followed up with high tech wire brush and some
sanding. There were some spots inside that had rusted through (at the
wall between the air column & wheel well) so that complicated things a
bit and involved some welding. He uses Wurth products aplenty... in this
case some saBesto rust converter to get things started. And POR15 of
course.Where welding is needed he uses Pro Form PF534 galvanizing
compound on those parts. When the hard work is done then comes Wurth
seam sealer or a panel glue, Nascom etch primer or Wurth self etch
primer, rock guard on exterior lower body & Wurth underbody seal where
needed.

I only know this because as he's documenting the process he includes
photos of the products :)

Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> Volker is definitely a craftsman!  What's he doing with those side seams?
> Scraping, rust killing, and coating with something?  Most of us have that
> problem to some degree.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter Kraiker
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 9:56 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Back to writing about my Vanagon restoration
>
> After not providing any updates for almost two months, here's an update...
> http://nextchapter.kraiker.ca/restoration/westfalia-restoration-week/
>
> --
> Regards, Peter Kraiker
> Website: Kraiker.Photography
> <http://kraiker.photography><http://kraiker.photography>
> Blog: NextChapter.Kraiker.ca<http://Nextchapter.kraiker.ca>
> 1982 Vanagon L Westy 1.9TD
>

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Regards, Peter Kraiker
Website: Kraiker.Photography
<http://kraiker.photography><http://kraiker.photography>
Blog: NextChapter.Kraiker.ca <http://Nextchapter.kraiker.ca>
1982 Vanagon L Westy 1.9TD