small Mk1 rust issue

[gtimk5]

Ah, so thats why people cover things in chrome these days???

[greasykitchen]

Greasykitchen & Specip3
I hope this is not too late, but sorry to tell you these rust killer that you used are all craps. I have used them in few repairs over the ten years and I now decided to not touch them anymore, they may look impressive now but your rust will come back in 6 months.
Invest some spare $$ for POR15 and redo if you don't want to see these rust again. I spent over $250 in POR15 products in my Mk1 project for that area you probably won't need that much.

Thanks for the tip.

I have used the same stuff on a nasty rust spot on my old Beetle. The spot kept getting bigger - until I put some rust killer on it. Several years later the spot hadn't increased in size. And I didn't do anything else to it. So I hope it does the same this time.

I haven't had the time lately to do anymore and it was pouring down last weekend. It needs finishing though.

Oh and I'm not sure if POR15 is even available in SA. Does anyone know?

[SpeciP3]

Oh and I'm not sure if POR15 is even available in SA. Does anyone know?

hopefully don't have to use some but will have a look soon too,
this is the link off the POR15 site
http://www.ppc.au.com/wheresa.htm wheree to buy is SA

I reckon you're right andrew haha! if you're looking for an mk1 with lots of lovely chrome then mmm hahahah!

[foc64]

Michael The Fiber Glass Shop in Argyle Street in Hobart is a POR15 re-seller

PPC Australia's web page here- http://www.ppc.au.com/wheretas.htm

Chris

[RedMk2Gti]

Oh and I'm not sure if POR15 is even available in SA. Does anyone know?

Most auto paint shop can get them, not brunning/repco though.

[greasykitchen]

hopefully don't have to use some but will have a look soon too,
this is the link off the POR15 site
http://www.ppc.au.com/wheresa.htm wheree to buy is SA

I reckon you're right andrew haha! if you're looking for an mk1 with lots of lovely chrome then mmm hahahah!

Thanks I'll check it out.

I may have been thnking of another anti-rust product I saw advertised in Just Cars.

[SpeciP3]

Michael The Fiber Glass Shop in Argyle Street in Hobart is a POR15 re-seller

PPC Australia's web page here- http://www.ppc.au.com/wheretas.htm

Chris

cheers chris,
will check it out

[SpeciP3]

so i ATTEMPTED to do a good job on the painting today and made a horrible mess of things
I think the only way to fix it is going to be a full respray, but can't afford that for now
Does anyone know how much i'd be looking at to get a respray done and could i minimise the cost by doing the sanding and stuff myself?

[Jarred]

depends where you go. some places wont like that you've done your own prep, others won't mind at all, and that'll be a cheaper job for you. I reckon 2K is the absolute minimum for a proper decent job, most probably at a smash repair place, providing you've done all the prep yourself, & it's just an ext spray. But it really depends on the sprayer, the only way to really tell is to go around and get quotes yourself, with your car. I could be way off! [it's happened before..]

post some pics of your spraying attempt, perhaps we can help fix, or rectify the problem.

[RedMk2Gti]

2K is a absolute min for a basic job, Jarred. For a decent job you're looking at 4K min.
I paid 2.5K which came back as Okay job, that was what I really wanted to pay, and I did all the sanding. filling.. etc You'll see the result in VW nat.