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08-04-21 | 07:59 PM

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obuckler

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Originally Posted by sced

There is some info here on cleaning up rust before touching up paint Small rust cleanup on paint

i followed the advice per the link supplied above the SECOND time around. I think it is good advice.

The first try I cleaned the spots and did an evaporust soak, then touched up. Thought it was just fine, but after a year or so rust spiders appeared under the paint.

The second time I THOROUGHLY sanded to bare metal (some light brass wheel work with a dremel) AND added the extra step of using the PHOSPHO product noted in the link above. A word of caution. The PHOSPHO dripped a bit around my tubes and it seemed to darken existing paint wherever it dripped. Next time I would use it more sparingly as is meant I had to respray larger areas.

Pic below after second effort plus priming.

Last edited by obuckler; 08-04-21 at 08:03 PM.

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