Rust...

[solitaire]

Hi Everyone... did a few search but didnt quite get the information i was looking for



This is a picture of the passenger side door sill thing (it usually has a plastic cover over it). I am guessing that a simple sandback, treatment and prime coat will do the job, although i am slightly concerned that the area below it is a hollow and impossible to get to... concerned there might be rust inside as well... thoughts?

My question is... is there any right or wrong way to do this? Any tools in particular? Any products you found to be particularly good?

Any thoughts on dealing with the hollow bit?

Thanks People!

[xsspeed]

your facing a similar problem to me except mine is in the boot. for most of my treatments i have used,

attack it with a wire brush, then scrape with screwdriver, apply rust dissolver, wipe off, sand, rust dissolver again, wipe (repeat as needed) primer and paint for a quick finish though im guessing you may want to weld that crack?

while you may not deem it to be structural a wof guy may, tho he'd need to be pretty pedantic to check under your sill.

as for the hollow below, so far I had to accept the fact that i cant get to it without chopping and have to rely on toyotas build quality.
if your concerned id say spray it full of fish oil and that should stop further moisture infiltration causing more rust

[Rick]

Is there ment to be a hole there? or has the hole been caused by rust? if it has, then its a odd place for it to rust, makes me think there may have been a previous repair done there.

If you dont have the tools/experience to cut out the rust and weld a new bit in, I would wire brush the hell out of it and use the POR15 starter kit (see below link)

Try and shine a torch into the "hollow bit" to see if there is any rust forming in there.


http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=SSK&dept=1

[solitaire]

Hey thanks for your replies

xsspeed: Thanks will give that a go...

Rick: Thanks mate, yeah there is supposed to be a hole there... usually covered by a bit of black rubber... i cant think of why they would have a hole there in the first place... The only concern i have is under where the rust is now (on the oposite side of the metal) i dont want to treat the top only to have it rust through from the bottom...

[xsspeed]

lol now you mention it i cant think why they put the holes on the upper surface? its just a rust trap. only thing i can think of is if they needed the holes for fabrication, or perhaps wiring, is there any that runs through your sills?

[Dell'Orto]

Thats hardly anything to worry about, its just surface rust. If you're that concerned, as someone mentioned just pump the sill full of fish oil. You can get it in an aerosol version to make it simple.

[2LTR Rona]

one thing to keep in mind when dealing with rust convertor type products is that SOME do not work so well if you remove all the surface rust i.e. take area back to bare metal, they are designed to react and neutralise the rust.

A wire brush to remove the flakey stuff is usually all thats required to do the job.