Removing Rust & Spot Sandblasting

This Caravan has been repaired before and is starting to rust along the bottom edge of the door. It appears that someone has installed a door skin before and the didn't do the best job in the world. The rust along the bottom can be removed but nobody can guarantee the rest of the door won't do the same thing over time as nobody knows to what degree this door was butchered before.

To start you will want to use either a grinder or a paint stripping wheel to remove as much as possible. Once you are at your limit with the stripping wheel move on to your spot blaster to remove the rust not accessible with the grinder. A little bit of putty was applied to level out the area a tad however I think it was wobbly to begin with, the whole door bottoms are like this from the skin being incorrectly installed. This type of repair will get the guy down the road but without stripping the whole door who knows what will happen. We can not guarantee this kind of work but given the cost of redoing someone elses work it is not in the budget for this customer. Lesson learned, have it done right the first time.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• rust
• repair
• sandblasting
• spot
• refinish
• auto
• body
• corrosion
• removing
• media

[azteklife81]

did you put body filler or putty on that?

[jimmo4life]

ya, the stuff I'm blocking off around 4:45 in the vid is a finishing putty.

[Pendemic]

How long will a repair like this usually last?

[everfresh59]

How much would it cost on average if say I decided to have the entire bottom of my door repaired. I can feel bubbles when i run my finger across the bottom of the door, and some paint has started to come off. Would just like an expert opinion before I get it done.

[PetiteArianna]

@Octavius0 He's just showing how it's done in a body shop. You can easily buy the same tools at any hardware or vehicle tool shop, and on the internet. So it's not useless, it's quite helpful for those who want to know what's going to be done to their cars in a body shop and for those who want to repair their own.

[Octavius0]

Rather useless, how many people own a sack of specialised powertools.

[KillaKush0o0o0]

you missed a spot

[SupraKid98]

I swear I just started smelling this stuff.... haha

[urgedduke]

how much would getting this done cost

[lilmarine93]

@GMCownsall DA grinder and what i think is a spot sander

[GMCownsall]

what kinda air tool is that and what kinda grinder i need somthing just like it for a gokart project