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Location: Park Hills, KY | All,
I have successfully removed the minor rust under the weatherstrip on my 60 Windsor trunk. Luckily, ther was no rust through and only an effected area of about 2.5 feet at the driver side. In general, I would normally coat this area with Eastwood rust encapsulator, but I'd like to match e rest of the Formal Black paint as closely as possible.
Has anyone used the rust encapsulator as a primer? Does anyone have suggestions on what type of paint for the final coat? Remember this will only be seen when the trunk is open, so I am not concerned about concours restoration, just a good match.
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Location: Camptown PA | Rust encapsulator is an excellent primer. Let it dry, scuff it up with 600 grit and top coat. I'm not certain what shade of Black you're looking for. Eastwood's under hood black is a satin shade. Krylon makes a semigloss black which has a little more gloss then the satin and is a good match for interior trim items. |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I did the same thing with mine a couple of years ago, and used the rust encapsulator as the primer, then finished with the matching color of the car. Basically mine was rust free as well, just minor surface rust under the weatherstrip. Amazing really, because this area is one of the worst for holding water on these cars.
If you're going to install a new weatherstrip, I recommend the one from Gary Goers, it's the only one I have ever seen that actually seals all the way around. It's a new one that he had made up, hollow core but with the same shape as the original. My trunk is now completely weather-tight. The ones from other suppliers are solid foam core but are never high enough of a profile to completely seal the deck lids on these cars, at least from what I have found over the years.
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Location: Park Hills, KY | Ian,
Any tips or trick before I install? I have 3M super black adhesive. Steele website says 2-3 feet at a time...yet also states that both sides should have a coat of adhesive which is lt to tack up.....ow can you do both simultaneously? Did you clip yours in place while fitting? Any tips are appreciated. |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Cmangeot - 2014-06-25 8:01 AM
Ian,
Any tips or trick before I install? I have 3M super black adhesive. Steele website says 2-3 feet at a time...yet also states that both sides should have a coat of adhesive which is lt to tack up.....ow can you do both simultaneously? Did you clip yours in place while fitting? Any tips are appreciated.
It's not a really easy job, but you have to carefully and completely coat both the rail and the weatherstrip with adhesive before you lay the weatherstrip in, and yes, 2 feet at a time, and yes, it has to be tacked up ( dry to the touch) before you lay it in, and then try to do this without letting the weatherstrip drag on the ground etc. I used the yellow 3-M contact cement on mine. If you get a little excess contact cement where it shouldn't be, once you have it all in place you can carefully wipe it off with lacquer thinner but be careful not to take any of your fresh paint off with it. |
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Location: Park Hills, KY | Did you need to trim the strip from goers,mor was it an exact match? |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | The weatherstrip from Gary Goers was at least 12" longer than needed, I did a test fit and cut it off slightly long, then once it was all laid in and glued down I had to trim a little more off the end where the two ends met ( at the bottom centre in front of the latch. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I have the "new" trunk weatherstrip from Gary in my '60 Saratoga. After last nights thunderstorm with heavy rainfall I can confirm that it's absolutely watertight - not a drop of water in the trunk. I had to drill some evacuation holes in the weatherstrip for to let the air out though. |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | ...LOL....you can test it without getting the entire car wet....altho a complete water-testing of the car can be instructive.
EG: during the odyssey to Tulsa, in Ought-7, discovered that the windshield leaked in several overhead locations, which had/have never
leaked during any car washings on Horrie.
High-speed rainstorms are different from garden hoses...
Another installation detail is that the seam-joint is supposed to be located at the bottom-center, to allow for water
leakages to escape.
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Trunk Lip Surface Prep - what primer/paint
