[Healeys] Cavity paint.

[David Lodge]

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 at hotmail.com>
>  Date: 18 March 2015 at 19:47
> 
> Subject: RE: [Healeys] Cavity paint.
>  To:
> "emmgeeteesee at gmail.com"
>  <emmgeeteesee at 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 at yahoo.co.uk
>  > To: healeys at 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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