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Re: [T3] fixing a rusting battery compartment


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

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----- 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
>
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