Hey everyone,
I'm back again! This time doing some rust work on my gold 82 300SD. Its been garage kept most of its life so there not going to be a huge amount like my green SD in my other thread.
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300SD Rust Restoration Project)
Like my last thread on this topic there will be a LOT OF PICTURES. Especially when my new DSLR comes in...
I've decided to take a little bit different route with this car than my other.
I've cut the car up into 6 zones. I plan on working front to back, passenger to driver side.
I expect zones 1,2 and 5 to be the most work. I dont anticipate much in 3 and 4 other than body tube coatings. 5 is by far the worst.
My system is going to be as follows:
1) Grind/Remove rust/rusty metal or Remove surface rust/failing coatings
2) If needed weld in new metal, if not, clean up
3) [
Eastwood Internal Frame Coating with Nozzle] Spray Internal Frame Coating on inside if applicable.
4) [
Eastwood Rust Encapsulator] Coat metal in 2-3 coats of rust encapsulator
5) [
Eastwood Brush on Seam Sealer] Use Brush-able Seam Sealer to seal.
6) [
Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black] 2-3 coats Chassis Paint
7) [
Eastwood Rubberized Undercoating Aerosol] [
Eastwood Rubberized Undercoating Paintable Quart] 2-3 coats of Rubberizing Undercoating
8) 2-3 coats of custom mixed paint to match the car's original color
In my previous SD thread I used
USC All-Metal to seal and fill in gaps. I think exchanging the seam-sealer and the usc all-metal bondo like stuff will be a good move. The seam sealer seals, remains flexible and is paint-able. I think it will do a far better job than the all-metal bondo stuff.
Most of the missing/rusted metal on this car is cosmetic and not structural like the green car was...
Some initial pictures:
