Rust Treatment

[plateaucal]

My Patrol has been repainted but I noticed a little orange rust staining near certain areas where there are tiny little seams (like the part on the hood that the windshield hood latch grabs on to and the reinforcements at the upper rear corners of the bed). I used a product called Ospho with a little artists paint brush to push some into the crevices. Retrospectively I should have used a sealant in these areas. Anyway, the Ospho seems to have solved the problem by converting the rust to a hard iron phosphate. The bonus is that the product does not seem to harm the paint but I was careful to wipe it off anyway. It is the consistency of water and will not leave a stain on paint.

[jwgreen]

I instructed my paint guy to Seam Seal all those areas that might want to rust later on. Hopefully it works out!

[plateaucal]

Likewise, but I missed a few spots. I used rain gutter sealant on all of the major seams.

[moore_rb]

Yeah, it's a task sealing up all the crevices in the body- That's a fact.

Ospho is used a lot in the marine industry, but I've never tried it personally- Good to hear that you had good results with it.

I've used Eastwood's rust converter with great results, and Evaporust is another product that also falls along these "apply it and forget it" lines...but for smaller parts that can be left soaking for a week or so, I still think the absolute best/cheapest, but messiest rust chelator out there is diluted molasses. I wrote about it a few years back...

http://60patrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3332