Hello Jean,
Thanks yet again! Much sense, as usual. Yeah, it's me being weird, with my
pathological aversion to rust and what it can do to cars!
All the best, D
> From: Jean
> Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com>
> Date: 18 March 2015 at 19:47
>
> Subject: RE: [Healeys] Cavity paint.
> To:
> "emmgeeteesee@gmail.com"
> <emmgeeteesee@gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> David:
> When you look at how long the sill you removed
> lasted and
> the fact that people do not
> drive these cars like they used
> to be
> driven/used, I would not get overly worried about the
> inner parts of the sills, other than scuffing
> them with 3M
> red pads and then apply a good
> coat or two of self-etching
> primer, better
> primer than what is already on it and then
>
> weld and seal everything up. I would not go to the
> expense
> of POR-15 although it is very good
> and would last for a
> whole lot longer than
> primer.
> I was in an accident with my own
> Austin-Healey about 15
> years back and had
> to remove one of the sill when I fixed
> the
> car, it had been done 10 years previous and I had done
> the 2 coats of primer as I explained above and
> there was no
> signs of rust at all. I only
> drive my car in summer months
> in good
> weather and rain as well.
>
>
> Jean
>
> > Date: Thu,
> 19 Mar 2015 00:55:55 +0000
> > From: emmgeeteecee@yahoo.co.uk
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Healeys] Cavity paint.
> >
> > Just about to
> throw myself into welding up the inner
> and
> outer sills on one side and it occurs to me that there
> should be something more substantial than a
> primer coating,
> especially on the inner
> surfaces (A couple of drain holes
> might not
> go amiss either, judging by the veritable
>
> avalanche of rust that came tumbling out of the deep end
> of
> the old one!). Does anyone have any
> recommendations, as the
> selection appears
> to be truly mind-boggling - POR-15,
>
> RustBullet, and the stuff that Eastwood sells all spring
> to
> mind. Thanks and greetings to all.
> >
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