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Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by Scoobasteve7 »

Hi. Well my question is does anyone have any experience with rust bullet or similar products and would you recommend them or not? plan on finishing the sanding of my shell and am considering this as the first two coats onto it.
Thanks.


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Re: Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by marcexec »

I had a good experience with Epoxy Mastic: http://www.rustaway.ie/catalog/product_ ... ucts_id=29 The guy who sells it does classic car restorations and is really helpful. We met him at Mondello, talked nearly an hour.

You probably do not want this on the outer shell under the paint - it is very tough stuff, dries in about an hour under water and takes a lot to grind off (even with an angle grinder, wirebrush - 7-8 times the effort of a good primer to remove, a pain prior to welding...)

we used it for underbody including inner wings, subframes and the interior (as it is a convertible).

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Re: Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by Scoobasteve7 »

right ill stay away from it so then!!
Thanks very much. :)
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Re: Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by marcexec »

You're welcome.

But I do not get if you stay away from Rustbullet or Epoxy Mastic now.
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Re: Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by mark mck »

have used it on my sub frames last year no problems still looks fresh and easy to apply :D
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Re: Rust Bullet- Is it any good?

Post by Scoobasteve7 »

You said you might not want it on the outer shell under the paint. thats where i was also going to put it.
Definitely going to use it on the subframes though.
Thanks guys.
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