Now that my entire front end is pulled out, i want to clean up the wells. my plan is to take a rust remover wheel with a drill, and getting as much of the road grime of a possible. then i am going to apply a ruberized under coating. did i miss anything?
Just tape the holes that go into the engine compartment, that way you wont get undercoating on your engine.
I literally just came inside from doing mine for the same reason (every suspension component is out, it's beautiful!) 1-Remove all suspension, plus any bolts protruding in, ie. hood hinges, horn, ignition box, plugs, brake lines, fuel lines, etc. 2-Use something to scrape the really thick stuff off the low spots, otherwise you'll choke to death in a cloud of road grime in the next step. 3-Use an angle grinder with a wire wheel to grind off the 40yrs of grime. 4-Use hot water with dish soap and a thick 3M scrub pad to scrub everything down several times. 5-Use clean hot water and a rag to wipe everything down VERY thourougly. Hose off if possible (mine was in my garage). 6-Let dry. 7-Wipe everything down with acetone, or better yet degreaser/stripper. Let dry again. Make sure there is no moisture trapped in the cracks. Heat gun if necessary. Mask holes in engine bay. 8-Shoot with undercoating. I used the Duplicolor truck bed liner. About $9 a can, but great results. The cheap 3M stuff is garbage. Its too soft and gets peely and flakey. 9-Step back and admire. 10-Crack open beer and continue step 9. High five buddies if applicable. I've done this with both my front and rear suspension now and it turned out amazing. Its all about the prep. The only downside is that now the underside of my car and the suspension looks WAY better than the rest of my car. Gotta fix that.
After removing the suspension I sand blasted. Washed it down with aceatone and brushed two coats of Rust Bullet. After that dried I brushed seam sealer on the seams and topped it off with brushing on two thick coats of bed liner.
I used one can per side and got pretty good coverage. If you wanna go really thick I'd use 1.5 cans to 2 cans per side. Now I just gotta go to the base auto shop tomorrow and blast all the components I'm reusing (spindles, upper control arm, backing plates, spring perches) and paint them. Then its time for new suspension and disk brakes with beautiful cross drilled/slotted/zinc plated rotors!!!!!
did the same thing as you guys. i wish i had better luck with the sandblaster. wire wheel was the only thing that cut the gunk for me. -used high performance rustoleum enamel and 2 coats of rustoleum bed liner. ive used this combo on nearly every piece of metal and its tough as nails.
