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Originally Posted by Bengoshi2000
Rusted out hood-hinge pockets led me to sell my '84 300D. In a hard rain the rear seat footwell carpet would be soaked. I considered the j-b weld repair, but to do it right the fenders have to come off and the dash. I wimped out...
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I think it depends on how bad it is. There has to be enough metal that you can treat for rust for the in my case polyester mesh cloth to be epoxied in place and then coated.
After that it is just a matter of coating it as you see fit.
I did not do this but after you repair the inside it is possible to spray it with a sealer like FlexSeal.
I use the JB Weld because it is what I have and the Polyester Mesh Fabric is part of a type of roofing system where you roll out the mesh and coat it with a rubberized liquid coating. So I also have the mesh.
I buy the slow curing J-B Weld with the 5 ounce tubes (I bought 5 sets I found a cheapie tool and industrial supply store that sold them cheap for like $12 when places like PeP Boys sold them for $17) instead of the typical 1 ounce tubes you see in the hardware stores, Walmart and so on. I have the 1 ounce tubes of the quick dry J-B Weld and use several companies epoxy putty as needed.
I have tiny experience with Bondo/body filler and that over 40 years ago and the body filler is not much use for other stuff as the J-B Weld is.