JHZR2
Staff member
I had asked about rust-oleum type paints for outdoor/home use. Now I have a car application where I may want to use the same paint.
My new 1991 300d has a door lock vacuum pump under the rear seat. It is encapsulated in dense foam. At some point that foam was damp. It caused the vacuum pump motor to corrode, and caused some paint failure/loss of adhesion/surface rust under it.
I used a die grinder and a wire wheel to knock off much of the surface rust.
Now I’d like to prep and paint it. It seems like there was a surface adhesion issue because I was able to flake paint off to smooth primer in some spots.
What’s my best bet from here?
I was thinking ospho then prime and paint. Or even just ospho and paint. But since there is mixed bare metal and slight surface rust, should I do something else? Will self etching primer work here?
This is in a little well under the rear bench. Pretty isn’t important. But obviously I want to do a quality and neat job.
Any recommendations how to prep and paint this? Maybe even with white rust oleum that I have for other household needs? I think it would blend fine and nobody will ever see it anyway.
Thanks!!
My new 1991 300d has a door lock vacuum pump under the rear seat. It is encapsulated in dense foam. At some point that foam was damp. It caused the vacuum pump motor to corrode, and caused some paint failure/loss of adhesion/surface rust under it.
I used a die grinder and a wire wheel to knock off much of the surface rust.
Now I’d like to prep and paint it. It seems like there was a surface adhesion issue because I was able to flake paint off to smooth primer in some spots.
What’s my best bet from here?
I was thinking ospho then prime and paint. Or even just ospho and paint. But since there is mixed bare metal and slight surface rust, should I do something else? Will self etching primer work here?
This is in a little well under the rear bench. Pretty isn’t important. But obviously I want to do a quality and neat job.
Any recommendations how to prep and paint this? Maybe even with white rust oleum that I have for other household needs? I think it would blend fine and nobody will ever see it anyway.
Thanks!!