volvowagoon
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- Joined
- Jul 19, 2012
- Location
- Franklin, IN
I use the Eastwood stuff too. Just be sure to do the welding first as I'm not so sure the metal cleans up well after coating with that stuff. A good quality seam sealer for the seam of your patch repairs is a good idea. Will help prevent water getting into the edge of your repairs.
For sure. I try to take these jobs one step at a time. I use Eastwood seam sealer as well. I will typically apply weld, seam seal, rust converter, top coat, and undercoating in that order. It's how the factory appeared to do it minus the rust converter, so I figured I couldn't go wrong.
By the way, I did a little more prep and some "CAD" last night. I also tried to buy some 20G sheet steel but Lowes was out. Will 22G be okay? It's pretty flimsy, but I figure that once its bent up and welded, it should be solid.
I realized that I got a bit ahead of myself by not waiting until my arch came in. I think it would be best to get that roughed in before I try to fill in the back side. I want to make as few of cuts on the painted pieces as possible so that there are fewer seams to make presentable. To me it doesn't matter if I have pretty wheel wells. Those are second priority!