first sign of rust.. what to do

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

>From the pictures it sort of looks like passenger side forepart of the rear
quarter panel (though I could be wrong). If that is the case, then I would
get a body-shop flat hammer, and "gently pop that dent in, from the inside
(remove rear quarter panel from inside), sand it down, do a thin coat of
bondo, prime and paint with hand cans, you can use the lower and upper
limits of the body kit and rubber protector lines, and keep the over spray
under control.

If you have never done body work on a car, you would be surprised how
actually easy it is to do as long as you respect the rules of it. (go to a
library and look for bodywork on car) and you will learn it  mentally
quickly (rather easy) but practice makes perfect so take your time.

I am looking for ward to doing my dent on my white 86 I just brought home.
 
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From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of T. Reed
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:26 AM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: first sign of rust.. what to do

So my notoriously un-fixed dent (it was there when I bought the car some 5
years ago) has been exposed to a lot of slush and snow lately and for some
reason it has begun to rust where the paint was cracked. Ironically, this
only begins happening after I move -away- from Seattle's constant rain and
salt air.

I have twice previously painted over these areas rather sloppily with vw
touch up paint more or less as a preventative measure. Didn't do it this
year since I ran out of paint and didn't have any motivation to buy more.

Down at the horribly kinked corner by the doorjamb there had been some
previous light rust and I had ground it off with a wire wheel as best I
could before applying the touch-up paint.

Here's a (bad) picture:
http://www.wsu.edu/~treed2/grrrr-rust.jpg

I haven't looked at it for more than 10 angry seconds, but I'm asking for
advice; the rest of the car is completely rust-free and I have no experience
with rust on cars whatsoever.

I can't justify getting the dent fixed and painted; I just don't have the
thousands necessary to do it right. (and to be honest, even if I did..
they'd go to a Quaife first :)~

I have no experience with paint or body work; I'm strictly a mechanical guy
so that's out of the question (not to mention that I don't even have a
garage).

My original plan was to get out of school and start making my millions
(ha-ha) then do a proper full car repaint.. but I obviously want to stop
this rust now because that's a year or so off.

I have a feeling that its under the paint in the surrounding areas as well,
but like I said I haven't looked too closely.

Is there anything I can do (POR-15, Naval Jelly, etc) to contain this rust
that would be within my budget and garage-less ability ?

Thanks in advance for any advice,

-Toby

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