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Hey I need some help. I need to know what is the best way to get rid of the rust and to be able to seal it afterwards between hood skin and the inner frame. I got the same thing to do on the trunk lid too and it's inner frame. The bad thing about the trunk lind is they must have placed the sheet of insulation between the two panels before they were sealed together from the factory. So I need to get the insulation all out before I can clean and seal it.

This is on a 61 buick.

call youre local autobody paint supplier i used this stuff called rust mort you brush it on two or three coates and it puts a protctive barrier were you can scratch it with a nail and it wont come through imo

Will it last and can it be sprayed on? Theres not much room between you panels at all, 1/8 of inch at best

i dont know the answers to these ? i brushed it on ,wait and see if you get other replies from fellow hot rodders

Try POR-15. It's a rust preventative paint that is rock solid if applied correctly. You can also paint over existing rust and it will stop it's progression. It can be thinned and sprayed also. You can find it on Ebay by searching for "POR-15". Good luck.

Hey Thanks Guys!

I have used the POR 15 but never sprayed it, might try that. THANKS!

If you spray por-15 you need an air supply to breathe! That stuff will set up in your lungs! I would use another por-15 product called Metal Ready. It will convert the rust and leave a zinc coating that can be painted over with primer and paint(I'd also use epoxy primer). Metal ready sprays on with a squirt bottle.

A brush used on rust and hard to clean and reach areas is actually better than spray,spray is hard to get in the little crevices and does not creat the adhesion of a brush scrubbing it into the rust and crevices!!You just cant spray por-15 like other paints with out massive protective gear!!!It will literally drop the neighbors and all the dogs and cats on both sides of your house!!! Save the spraying for primer and finish coat!!!If u look in my picture gallery ,my truck is completely brushed in primer to protect it other than the white on top,which has brushed primer underneath.I just block sanded it like u would a spray coat.Then sprayed the white on the preped surface.....Metal ready looks like some good stuff,because if u squirt bottle it on u will get tons of penatration, unlike spraying it!!!

Go to your hardware store and get a bottle of Ospho it sprays on and in 24 hours it converts rust to a hard black surface that can be painted or primered in 24 hours . Good stuff I started using it when I lived on the Outer Banks of NC and everything I had got rusty .

Had this same problem. I wanted to keep the insulation intact. I bought a couple bottles of rust converter poured it in and tipped the lid around till it had all disappeared into the cracks, crevasses and insulation.Let it set for a week, painted it my favorite color and voila- all done. That was several years ago and no problems yet.

POR 15 is fine. Brush it on. Clean the rust some and scruff it up best you can and then clean the surface. Roll or brush the POR 15 on. Expensive but worth it and you will know it works and seals.