I finished repairing and painting my trunk seal channel. I think the seal channel is saved in terms of stopping the rot.

Unfortunately, I encountered some bubbling, both in POR-Patch and POR-15 paint. I think I read somewhere about what may be causing that, probably a misapplication or insufficient surface prep. But since I don't have a garage, I only had 2 days, during daylight hours, to get this done (weather), and I don't have sanders/grinders, so must rely on primitive tools...

I'm not after cosmetics though. The surface for the gasket won't be great on the bottom of the channel, but the sides are looking good... So, hopefully, with plenty of 3M weatherstripping goop, I will be able to install a leak-free trunk seal. I ordered the genuine OE seal from the stealership, since I put in all this work.

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84 300SD - bought in April '06 with 237,000 mi