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Thanks for the insight Jim. Just knowing that you have done this is comfort enough for me to give it a go. Bill --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 1 Sep 2004 at 8:23, William Kunz wrote: > > > A belated thanks (again!) Dave. Now that I know > what I SHOULD do > > (remove the fender, etc...) I have to figure out > what I CAN do. Without > > time and especially space to fix this properly, > I'll probably take your > > suggestion and try to unearth what's behind the > seam seal. Any > > suggestions as to what I should use for a sealer? > Also, if there is a > > sizable gap due to rust, what kind of filler (?) > could I use? > > It's messy, but here's what I have done. This works > best when applied from the > weather side, however. > > Clean everything up, removing all dirt, dried up > undercoating, and loose rust. > Spray LPS-3 (Not LPS-1) on all the surfaces and let > it soak into the rust and > dry a bit. Use a caulking gun with old fashioned > roofing asphalt and apply a > little to the wet metal/rust. Rub it around with > your fingers until it mixes, > joins and sticks. > > Add extra roofing tar as needed. If you need to > bridge gaps, take some woven > fiberglass cloth and cut it to fit over the gap. Put > it on a piece of cardboard > and spread roofing tar on it and work it in, fully > impregnating the cloth. Put > the cloth in place and blend it in with your > fingers. Add extra tar as > necessary. Use 2 layers for large gaps. > > You can also use thin alum sheet. It's more durable, > but much harder to shape > to fit. > > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: > http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush