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Subject:Body Seam Filler
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:06:23 PDT

Frank, after you've done this, what does this look like? Is it a clean
smooth seem? Or what?

>From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com>
>In a message dated 8/10/00 2:13:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time:
>     Brent, the Krown/Rust Check rust proofing will work, albeit not as
>well,
>on the seam rust.  You can spray it on the seam from the front or the back
>if
>you can get to it.  Once the rust has started in the seam it's pretty hard
>to
>stop.  One of the problems is that those seams were filled with body seam
>filler at the factory and it impedes the Krown/Rust Check from getting in
>there.  It also traps moisture in there and that's one of the reasons the
>rust begins in the seams in the first place.  I like to go around and
>scrape
>out all this body seam filler stuff, clean up the seam rust, neutralise the
>rust, prime the area with a good rust preventative primer, prime with a
>good
>quality automotive base primer, top coat with the original colour paint,
>then
>keep the area Krown/Rust Checked.
>
>Cheers
>
>Frank Condelli

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