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paulski1

Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #1

hi so i'v had my defender 90 for about 6 weeks now and started straight away tarting her up,been doing the wheels as they are well rusty and have been doing them 1 a week or so,and so far i done 3.the wheels are white so all i'v done is rubbed down then used halfords spray primer and used the halfords spray white enamel,but noticed tonight that the 1st one has rust coming throught wtf! any advice as iv started on the suspension now and dont want the same to happen once i get the bars back on,should i of used a dif primer and brushed it on? please advise someone

 

baggyjim

New Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #2

what rust converter type product did you use ?

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #3

paulski1 said:

hi so i'v had my defender 90 for about 6 weeks now and started straight away tarting her up,been doing the wheels as they are well rusty and have been doing them 1 a week or so,and so far i done 3.the wheels are white so all i'v done is rubbed down then used halfords spray primer and used the halfords spray white enamel,but noticed tonight that the 1st one has rust coming throught wtf! any advice as iv started on the suspension now and dont want the same to happen once i get the bars back on,should i of used a dif primer and brushed it on? please advise someone

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wire brush off all the loose paint and rust and paint with kurust, then paint on top...... i kurusted areas of my chassis 12 months ago and didnt get round to painting till this week, been in a damp garage for 12 months and still had zero rust

cheers steve

 

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paulski1

Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #4

all i did was wire brush attachment thing in my drill till it all felt smooth then used a white primer from halfors, im an idiot

 

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paulski1

Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #5

baggyjim said:

what rust converter type product did you use ?

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oops thought the primer would be ok

 

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paulski1

Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #6

cor that kurust aint cheap about £7 for 250ml, would cost a bit to do the chassis

 

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shakerattlengroan

New Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #7

Por 15 seems to get good reviews.
How do I stop rust permanently with POR-15 Solutions? | Frost Auto Restoration Techniques

 

top drive

Well-Known Member

• Mar 17, 2013

• #8

Did my disco steelies on my 90 3 years ago, rubbed em down with wire brush

Hammerite

Job done

Still no rust !!!

 

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paulski1

Member

• Mar 18, 2013

• #9

top drive did you go back to bare metal? also has any one herd of flag rust converter £17.83 ltr, not bad price would like to do my chassis some time this year

 

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Stag1962

New Member

• Mar 18, 2013

• #10

top drive said:

Did my disco steelies on my 90 3 years ago, rubbed em down with wire brush

Hammerite

Job done

Still no rust !!!

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I was sweating till I read this post, having bought white smoothrite.

Happy now.

Thanks for the post.