Wetsanding Rust ??

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gav'spurplez

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I have a 99 wrangler and I have noticed the beginning of a rust spot in the usual place.



under the right tail light / hinge area, i can see it has started,



so what can i do to try and stop it before it gets too bad ????



i do not see a way of getting at the " inside" of the tailgate area in order to apply some "rust stopping" agent

i.e. por-15 and such



help me please before winter hits in a few months :bawling:
 
here is a pic of the back end of the jeep,

you can see where the right tail light is and where the hinges are, now below the hinges on the "body" is where the rust looks to have started



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here is a, kind of crappy, up close picture of the area i'm talking about.



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gav'spurplez- Noting that a pro repair would be best...



I'd still use a "paint over rust" product even if you can't get to all the areas you'd like to. After abrading off the rust as best you can, I'd treat the areas you can acess with Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator (works better than POR-15 for me). Then paint over it, preferable with an enamel as the Rust Encapsulator will be affected by lacquer solvents. The Rust Encapsulator works a *LOT* better than I woulda ever imagined, kept such problems at bay on the beater-Blazer for a good year now.



I'd also see if there isn't *some* way to get inside the tailgate. You could spray some rustproofing (Eastwood or, better yet, AutoInt's stuff) in there if you could find/make a little hole to reach the spraycan's "straw"/nozzle up into. The straw is pretty small, I bet a 1/4" hole would be plenty big enough. I'd rather deal with a little hole than just let the rust remain unchecked, and spraying a good coat of these rustproofing agents on will *really* slow it down, might even stop it in its tracks. Again, I've have phenomenally good results on the Blazer.



Sources: Automotive International - Valugard Product Line and Eastwood Company: Auto Tools, Body Repair, Classic Car Restoration, House of Kolor Paint, Powder Coating
 
Accumulator said:
gav'spurplez- Noting that a pro repair would be best...



I'd still use a "paint over rust" product even if you can't get to all the areas you'd like to. After abrading off the rust as best you can, I'd treat the areas you can acess with Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator (works better than POR-15 for me). Then paint over it, preferable with an enamel as the Rust Encapsulator will be affected by lacquer solvents. The Rust Encapsulator works a *LOT* better than I woulda ever imagined, kept such problems at bay on the beater-Blazer for a good year now.



I'd also see if there isn't *some* way to get inside the tailgate. You could spray some rustproofing (Eastwood or, better yet, AutoInt's stuff) in there if you could find/make a little hole to reach the spraycan's "straw"/nozzle up into. The straw is pretty small, I bet a 1/4" hole would be plenty big enough. I'd rather deal with a little hole than just let the rust remain unchecked, and spraying a good coat of these rustproofing agents on will *really* slow it down, might even stop it in its tracks. Again, I've have phenomenally good results on the Blazer.



Sources: Automotive International - Valugard Product Line and Eastwood Company: Auto Tools, Body Repair, Classic Car Restoration, House of Kolor Paint, Powder Coating
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thanks for the information and links,



it is not the tailgate it self, just the back end of the 1/4 panel i guess.



damn jeeps :(
 
gav'spurplez said:
..it is not the tailgate it self, just the back end of the 1/4 panel i guess...(
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Yeah, OK, I see that now (after a more careful look). I bet you could get in there and spray some of the AutoInt stuff. Perhaps the rust is just the result of water flowing out of drain holes onto the area that's rusted :think: I bet you can do a nice DIY job on it. Hit the rusted area down below too ;)
 
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