rust treatment

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e30gazza
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Post Thu May 13, 2010 12:49 pm

Hiya zoners !
What is/are, the best products and procedures for slight rusting?
ie, my arches are starting to show rust colour through the alpine white paintwork , but it goes with tcut, then comes back !

HELP!

Cheers
Gary
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Post Fri May 14, 2010 11:43 am

Have you tried kurust or something to treat it before touching up the paint?
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e30gazza
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Post Fri May 14, 2010 6:54 pm

No i havn`t, so thank you for that. I`ll give it a go !
Cheers bud. :D
Gary
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Post Fri May 14, 2010 6:59 pm

Rust usually starts from the inside out. You need to rub back to bare metal, treat with kurust (don't just plonk it over rust) then prime and paint.
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Post Sat May 15, 2010 5:52 am

Cheers Ollie. Advice much appreciated.
Gaz. :)