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Re: [T3] fixing a rusting battery compartment


POR 15 will eventually fail if painted over rust.  Ive tested it and found
that it is astoundingly porous... and it just covers the rust allowing it to
continue to corrode under there.  If the rust layer is thin it can hold out
a while but if the rust is thick its critical that you grind as much away as
possible and use the prep that they sell.  even then it will eventually
fail.

But if  you use oil, it commits you to that.  it can be cleaned up but it
tough to get it all off.  It REALLY protects though!

KEith

> Is it a better approach go through the por 15 procedure?
> I could just get this:
>
>    http://www.por15.com/product.asp?productid=301
>
> I assume I wouldn't want to do the oil approach if I was going to do
> por15 soon afterwards, as it would just make for more work.
>


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