Rust Treatment Advice

Needalandy · Nov 22, 2015

My 90 is, luckily, in pretty good nick but I have a small 1cm hole in the footwell. There is some light rust around the hole and I need some advice on how best to treat this.
I was planning on just filling the hole, sanding it and then painting it but I am thinking the corrosion will continue behind the filler? Am I right about this and if so what advice do you have about treating the area before I fill it? Thanks

danny6801 · Nov 22, 2015

Get some rust treatment on it first should stop the rust spreading at least. Then continue with your repair.

Needalandy · Nov 22, 2015

danny6801 said:
Get some rust treatment on it first should stop the rust spreading at least. Then continue with your repair.

Thanks Danny, I've read some postings on Landyzone that Kurust doesn't work, what do landy owners suggest does work?

mick the builder · Nov 22, 2015

The only proper way is cut it out and weld in new metal but as its so small, a bodge would be drill it out to maybe 12mm, treat the area with rust inhibitor, prime,paint then push a blind rubber grommet in the hole until such time when you can do it properly yourself or by another.

aaronmorris · Nov 22, 2015

Using filler in not a repair, it's nothing more than a bodge.
I would rather do what Mick said with a blind grommet than use filler.
And we wonder why lots of new owners get a shock after a few months when the filler starts falling out because the previous owner couldn't be arsed to repair it properly.
It wouldn't be much of a job to cut back to good metal and weld a new piece back in, but just my opinion of course.

jamesmartin · Nov 22, 2015

a decent filler is ok if all corrosion is removed and it has something to sit on (a patch stuck on the inner side chemical metal works well on defender bodies) ,but a foot well needs welding

Vintage-and-Classic · Nov 22, 2015

jamesmartin said:
a decent filler is ok if all corrosion is removed and it has something to sit on (a patch stuck on the inner side chemical metal works well on defender bodies) ,but a foot well needs welding

Agreed. My advice to anyone who owns any sort of enthusiast's car and doesn't have a blank cheque book is: "Learn to weld". There are some right dodgy welders out there both professional and amateur: If you can get to your local technical college and do an evening course then you can set yourself well above the average and (sadly, unlike many specialists) you will be qualified to repair your Landy properly

james6546 · Nov 23, 2015

I found Fertan to be ok at stopping rust.

Coffeelandy · Nov 23, 2015

The best thing I found was dry Weetabix. It is the hardest substance known to man!

tottot · Nov 23, 2015

Look up Mig welding forum DIY guide,lots of good info. As others have said a life skill well worth having.

cowasaki · Nov 23, 2015

I was just going to offer but Edinburgh is a bit far

If the hole is literally as small as you say and you clean up the area removing all the rust and leaving a small hole then you could certainly get it fixed for peanuts by a local welder. It would literally be 15 minutes work if already in a state to start working on it.

Retrospaceman · Nov 23, 2015

Cut out and repair correctly. Once done I always give a coat of this stuff...

http://www.landroverblogger.com/product/metalmorphosis

Have found it to be excellant and not cost the earth. Think you can find it on ebay from the same guy too.

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