Red Oxide

[IaninDorset]

I have treated the rust with a rust catalysing solution but I am looking at a tin of red oxide as a further barrier perhaps to "Leyland Rouge" returning?

Is this a good idea as I intend to paint over the tube with a hammer type finish and just wondered what other people did DIY to stop rust from making its unwelcome comeback tour?

[Digger]

Hammerite?

[IaninDorset]

Its got to be a tough paint underneath as the Dorset roads are horrendous and will quite happily strip the paint off of any underparts for the unwary so something pretty hardwearing is what is needed

[matt horton]

Hello, Just be careful because some hammerite can react with red oxide and end up like orange peel.


Matt

[IaninDorset]

Damn, cheers for that heads up, I really just want a top coat finish that sits happily on the undercoats and means I won't have to check every six months for roses of rust blooming, so enamels are out then, what about white spray stonechip? Its only for the tube and arm sections that will eat the chips and salt I am thinking of.

[mark1]

If you want to do a proper job get some PVC stone chip.

A lot of people think they need a hard coating to protect their paint but actually you need a flexible coating to absorb the impact of road debris hitting the paint.
All modern vehicles are fitted with Anti chip coatings, the heavy stuff underneath and the lighter across the sills, bottom of the doors and on the front of the bonnet.

Something like this.

You can also get it in cans if you haven't got access to a compressor.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-Texture-Coating-Anti-Chip-Stonechip-Black-08868-1Kg-/321478249098?pt=UK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item4ad998ca8a

[IaninDorset]

Brill, I used black stone "guard" a lot back in the days of doing up motors, nothing tidied up a car than a nice clean pair of sills and under the bumper line with a bit of stone chip spray. I've bought a couple tins of 3M StoneGard in white aerosol which should protect the dainty bits of the old girl.

I know it sounds like I am being a bit belts and braces but I like to think that rust won't be a problem for some considerable time and paying attention to the details now will ensure that this Li will be around for some years to come too