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Originally Posted by marks69cruiser
The problem I am having is "experts" who write into forums, like you "Maximum Destruction", are saying one thing. Than I find a CREDIBLE source online saying the exact opposite. You can see why there is so much miss info going around. I don't understand the "common sense" of why body filler would "sweat". I could see it absorbing moisture, but not sweating. Primer over the filler would stop the absorption. Is that not common sense?  |
I've got a pretty rusty 78 that I'm working on. At some point the PO began some some body work that you could more or less track around the rear quarters to a fender bender in the drivers-side rear quarter. I've since removed all the filler, which from what i could tell looked like it was applied directly to the steel. I'm repairing lots of seam rust on this baby. i think this cruiser was stored in a very damp environment for a long time (from the general look of everything/limited info from PO) with lots of the lap joint corrosion happily eating itself away and surface rust developing everywhere. The whole drivers side is a bit rustier than the passenger side - like that was next to the damp, outside wall of the barn, etc. The odd thing is - the filler areas have no rust. I can see some pretty heavy grinding on the fender crash area where the filler was heavier and no rust. Lots of clean original steel had a light layer of filler and no rust. I'm leaning toward filler on metal but would like to hear some more experienced opinions.
