Best Rust Treatment

Cyanide · 30 Nov 2009 at 10:55

Picking my new car up on Wednesday and I've got a couple of spots of rust to repair. I know the basics of sorting it - sand down, anti-rust chemical goes on, filler on the bigger patches, primer and paint.
I' m just checking - 1) What's the best chemical to use to kill the rust
2) Is there anything I'm missing?

Cheers

lordrobs · 30 Nov 2009 at 11:00

I would stick with Kurust.

My only tip would be to make sure that you expose all of the rust before putting the rust treatment on. On my first ever attempt at sorting rust out I didn't rub back enough of the surrounding paint which meant that I missed some rust hidden under what looked like unblemished paint at the time.

Dr Who · 30 Nov 2009 at 11:02

Another vote for kurust

Dreadi · 30 Nov 2009 at 11:12

bilt hamber?

Rich1988 · 30 Nov 2009 at 11:40

I found kurust pretty rubbish (bought and used two tubs) Loctite rust remover worked well for me.

Cyanide · 30 Nov 2009 at 14:05

divided opinions on kurust then

Should I be using anti rust primer or just the normal stuff? I know they pretty much all say just paint straight over the rust remover but I dont trust it

Rich1988 · 30 Nov 2009 at 14:11

Up to you again, depending on the situation I get it back to bare metal, rust treatment over that to kill any last bits then just standard primer on top (or filler then primer if needed)

Cyanide · 30 Nov 2009 at 15:03

Rich1988 said:
(or filler then primer if needed)

It's rusted through so it'll need some filler/fibreglass (or a quick rub with t-cut

)

dmsims · 30 Nov 2009 at 15:40

In terms of a piant layer Comma Stop rust has always worked well