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shligger 05-09-2010 05:50 PM

Under-body rust gone wild
 
I've owned my '96 Blazer for half a year now. The truck is clean on the outside and inside with select spots of rust near the wheel wells. The problem is the under-body rust. I replaced the front brake pads with the aid of a friend last month and it took us about a half hour to break each nut. I want to clean the under-body and make it look nice again.

My spare wheel looks like it was cast in rust. I didn't take any photos of the under-body (with good reason) but I do have an exterior photo I took when I first got it.
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/101_0512.jpg

wlorton 05-09-2010 06:13 PM

Get some decent jack stands.... and lift her up and blast all the bad stuff away... and then hit it with some undercoating/paint.... do it proper means only doing it once.... but I had the same thing.... I hit it with some sanding, and then dropped some paint.... looks darn good... especially when you sit it next to someone else's vehicle...

shligger 05-09-2010 06:21 PM

So what kind of tools are required for the job? How do you the protect under-body wiring from tools?

wlorton 05-09-2010 07:22 PM

Well.... the tools that are must need would be:

jack
Jack stands
Sand paper/grinder/sander depending on how much rust....
Hose/power washer.... to clean before primer/paint/undercoating
Choice of paint/primer/undercoating

That should be it

shligger 05-10-2010 10:04 AM

So what do you undercoat it with and it what order? Do you just use a normal car body primer and paint or is there a special undercoating I can buy at my local parts store? Thanks for all the help.


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