Hello All, I am new to the paint and body forum, but some of you may have seen me over on the 73 to 79 forum before. My question is simple, do rust converters work? Yesterday, I was working at blasting and priming a 73 cab. To you give you a little back ground, this particular body came out of hiding when I found it a couple of years ago. It was a 50,000 mile beauty that and elderly gentleman parked in a shed 15 years ago and forgot about. the cab corners and floor are in good shape, and I will need to do minimal repairs to the entire body. The problem I am having is simple, I am finding lots of surface rust pits as I strip it. No doubt from sitting in a damp shed for 15 years. none of the usual body rot, only a few holes to contend with. However, as I am blasting I am amazed at the pitting action. anywhere there was a rock chip, there is a pit. I dont feel like I am getting all of the rust out, I can still see a little black spec down in there deep if any of you body men know what I am talking about. I shot a coat of vinyl etch primer on the bare metal last night, and then layed in bed dreaming of rust bubbles coming through my beatiful paint job. Any thoughts?

 

I used some Rust Bullet. Its sapposed to keep rust from coming threw the paint. Although if the rust is on the back side coming threw I really dont think that it will stop it totally Unless you can get to the back side. It requires little prep work. I am new the paint and body work my self. This stuff is really thick. My only thought is what my process is now after i layed the rust bullet. I have sanded on it to smooth it out(cause it is applied with a brush). But its not perfect. What i am going to try is some high build primer to see if that covers it up. I had the same issue or just some little black rust spots all over.