underseal

1. user_29499 Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 wednesbury/birmingham Posts: 1121 106 gti

   #1 12th March 2012, 20:40

   Hey all im just wondering what the best way is to go about rust on the underside of the car , its nothing major surface rust by the looks of things , can i just wire brush it down and put some of that hammerite direct to rust and metal ? Or do i have to aply something eles first ? Im just gonna go halfords tomorow and buy everything so a list of things would be a big help lol bit cheeky to ask but would be a big big help cheers
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 12th March 2012, 20:42

   Wire brush it off,then apply kurust(think thats the name)let that turn black then underseal over the top.
3. marrygold Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 330

   #3 12th March 2012, 21:19

   my old mk 2 escort was full of Fibreglass Resin and covered with underseal.
   passed every mot for years
4. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

   #4 12th March 2012, 21:30

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by marrygold my old mk 2 escort was full of Fibreglass Resin and covered with underseal. passed every mot for years

   If you mean hide it, rather than sort it, don't do that. Hiding the problem isn't going to do you any favours, as said, wire brush, ku-rust or similar, and then underseal or paint, up to you.
5. f13sta Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d

   #5 12th March 2012, 21:32

   wire brush- some decent rust killer, bit of zinc primer- stone chip, hammerite in the colour of your car.
   then once a year clean it all off and re-paint in hammerite.
6. adamspencer Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 173 52 Saxo Desire 1.1

   #6 12th March 2012, 23:30

   best idea to sort it before it gets worse yeah, rust remedy or something similar then you could use hammerite or even stonechip
7. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #7 13th March 2012, 12:42

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by stevo67 Wire brush it off,then apply kurust(think thats the name)let that turn black then underseal over the top.

   Assuming it's just surface rust and there are no holes then I would go with this also.
   
   Check my progress thread as I did this on my arches.
   
   Wire brush on the end of a drill works well
8. user_29499 Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 wednesbury/birmingham Posts: 1121 106 gti

   #8 13th March 2012, 12:59

   Yh it looks like surface rust , but if anything major ill take to college and get welded up ect , thanks for the info lads , and i like the sound of the wire brush on the end of a drill , dident think of that lol cheers