removing windshield glass
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From: Grain Valley Mo.
I just took my windshield out and had rust on the bottom. I fixed it with Por 15 products the same way they fix a rusty floor. (POR15. com) BTW...I removed it the way we did it at work. Sit in passenger seat, put foot on top corner and push slow and steady. Have someone on the outside to catch it, because the whole procedure only takes a few seconds.
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From: utah
thanks guys you just gave me a good idea on something to do next., i was going to remove the fenders but with my future employment in the air, i have decided to wait on doing anything else and since all the glass is broken. if i remove it the truck will be lighter for transportation. cuz windows are what 100lbs or so
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
Originally Posted by WillyB
The whole idea with this rebuild is to do it myself - with all respect to the trades, I do not think professionals are any smarter than me, just more practiced. Our problem is that by the time we learn how best to do a job, it is over and we never do it again. That and they have special tools we know nothing about.
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From: Near Fresno, California
Rust under the windshield rubber or anywhere else is a bad thing and must be stopped. If you do not fix the problem it will continue to eat away at your truck. Under bondo it has been known to bubble new paint and break through in as few as 6 months. You are wasting your time redoing your truck unless you stop the rust.
If the metal is not sound all you can do is cut the damaged piece out and replace it with new material. If the metal is still sound you can clean what rust you can get off and neutralize or convert the rest. There are special chemicals to do this. Once prepared a good rust preventive primer is sprayed on, and then the normal paint process can be followed.
However, it does little good to treat only one side - often there is small pinholes through the metal and the rust from the other side soon attacks the repaired piece. You have to use the chemicals and sealers on both sides of the material.
Just do an Internet search on "rust" and or "rust converters" for more information than you will ever want to read.
Main point is that rust can not be ignored or covered up - doing so dooms your project to an early failure.
If the metal is not sound all you can do is cut the damaged piece out and replace it with new material. If the metal is still sound you can clean what rust you can get off and neutralize or convert the rest. There are special chemicals to do this. Once prepared a good rust preventive primer is sprayed on, and then the normal paint process can be followed.
However, it does little good to treat only one side - often there is small pinholes through the metal and the rust from the other side soon attacks the repaired piece. You have to use the chemicals and sealers on both sides of the material.
Just do an Internet search on "rust" and or "rust converters" for more information than you will ever want to read.
Main point is that rust can not be ignored or covered up - doing so dooms your project to an early failure.
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