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I paint it on with a brush... just enough to cover and saturate all the rust. Yea a mess, but unless you can get a sandblaster and do it right the POR 15 stuff and such will eventually fail. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Fessenden fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [T3] fixing a rusting battery compartment > > On Feb 21, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Jim Adney wrote: > >> > >> How should I best take care of this? > > > > Oil is the best, since it doesn't show, and the oil will creep into any > > crevices and prevent future rusting. > > I just make a mess of putting oil on it? that seems pretty strange to > me, > but sounds easy, should I just wipe it down with a rag or something? > how thick does it have to go on? > > > --fess > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >