Is this considered rust?
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Welcome to FTE.
The brown-orange is rust, but is not rust-thru. They could probably be cleaned up with a good wax job.
You also have some stress cracks that weren't addressed before painting, were "repaired improperly or developed after it was painted.
The brown-orange is rust, but is not rust-thru. They could probably be cleaned up with a good wax job.
You also have some stress cracks that weren't addressed before painting, were "repaired improperly or developed after it was painted.
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Mountain Pass
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Thank you very much for your reply and do you know how the stress marks could be fixed?
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The trouble is, they are cracks in the metal of the body. There is no easy fix to do it right.
You need to take the paint off down to bare metal, weld them and then repaint.
Are they serious to the structure? Probably not, but I can't say for sure from the pictures. At best, they are blemishes on an otherwise nice older paint job. There is rust developing on the edges of the cracks.
You need to take the paint off down to bare metal, weld them and then repaint.
Are they serious to the structure? Probably not, but I can't say for sure from the pictures. At best, they are blemishes on an otherwise nice older paint job. There is rust developing on the edges of the cracks.
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Mountain Pass
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The trouble is, they are cracks in the metal of the body. There is no easy fix to do it right.
You need to take the paint off down to bare metal, weld them and then repaint.
Are they serious to the structure? Probably not, but I can't say for sure from the pictures. At best, they are blemishes on an otherwise nice older paint job. There is rust developing on the edges of the cracks.
You need to take the paint off down to bare metal, weld them and then repaint.
Are they serious to the structure? Probably not, but I can't say for sure from the pictures. At best, they are blemishes on an otherwise nice older paint job. There is rust developing on the edges of the cracks.
Tuned
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From: Manitoba, Canada
Looks like the surfaces weren't properly prepped before the paint, and moisture trapped in the underlying bodywork has started rusting through.
Or they assembled the box in bare metal, and painted it after, leaving every seam / joint free to rust and that rust is seeping out around the cracks.
Use some wax to clean off the rust, and hopefully seal up where the rust is seeping through, until some future date.
Kirk
Or they assembled the box in bare metal, and painted it after, leaving every seam / joint free to rust and that rust is seeping out around the cracks.
Use some wax to clean off the rust, and hopefully seal up where the rust is seeping through, until some future date.
Kirk
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