Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project
Posted by Larry51 On 2011/10/21 8:12:16
Restoring Underside of Dash / Firewall & Box Sections Below A-Pillars
It's been some months since I posted on my Blog. Have been very occupied with ill health of a family member and other family matters. So I have only done a day here and a day there on the car, so not much achieved at all for a long while. Now I'm really looking forward to getting started again.. The few days have added up to a little progress, so I'll cover that work in a few posts.
Some pics of cleaning the under-dash / firewall area, which was not bad for rust. The grit blasting had not been done well under there so it was a few hours on my back, looking up, and using grit paper, die grinder with wire brushes and home-made scrapers etc to get all the old sealant etc off.
Removing all the grit is also a time-consuming job, as there always seems to be a bit of it somewhere despite blasting at every conceivable angle with air and vacuuming etc.
The box sections (A-pillar) have also mainly escaped the rust, with only surface rust to remove (except for one section which was replaced when the metal work was done). So after cleaning (mainly with rotary brushes) I treated with Phosphoric, dried it all with a heat gun and gave it a few coats of primer.
Here are some pics - before and after - not necessarily in order.
After treating with Phosphoric acid . . .
Getting the acid neutralizer in there with a pump bottle made it an easy job
And the special 'tool' (fencing wire!) to scrape away old sealant.
It's been some months since I posted on my Blog. Have been very occupied with ill health of a family member and other family matters. So I have only done a day here and a day there on the car, so not much achieved at all for a long while. Now I'm really looking forward to getting started again.. The few days have added up to a little progress, so I'll cover that work in a few posts.
Some pics of cleaning the under-dash / firewall area, which was not bad for rust. The grit blasting had not been done well under there so it was a few hours on my back, looking up, and using grit paper, die grinder with wire brushes and home-made scrapers etc to get all the old sealant etc off.
Removing all the grit is also a time-consuming job, as there always seems to be a bit of it somewhere despite blasting at every conceivable angle with air and vacuuming etc.
The box sections (A-pillar) have also mainly escaped the rust, with only surface rust to remove (except for one section which was replaced when the metal work was done). So after cleaning (mainly with rotary brushes) I treated with Phosphoric, dried it all with a heat gun and gave it a few coats of primer.
Here are some pics - before and after - not necessarily in order.
After treating with Phosphoric acid . . .
Getting the acid neutralizer in there with a pump bottle made it an easy job
And the special 'tool' (fencing wire!) to scrape away old sealant.
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