Re: Floor board repair

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

For something that small, you could cut out the rusted area and stitch 
weld some flat sheet metal in.  Floor's arent a bad place to learn the 
technique, as they're not too visible.

Another option, If there is a rustbusters franchised business in your 
area, you could sand it down, and have them spray both sides with motlen 
zinc, sand it smooth  on both sides and and not have to worry about that 
spot rusting again.  It spot galvanizes the metal that it touches to 
prevent further corrosion.  http://www.rustbusters.com/locations.html

I have a friend who had the smaller holes filled around his rear wheel 
wells about 7 years ago left it sanded bare for about 5 years before 
painting and didnt even get any surface rust around it.

--Tom

Brian Safford wrote:
> Having never done any body repair, I'm not sure how to get started
> with a repair on my floor boards.
>
> I've posted a couple of pictures here:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/hzf9vv/DartFloorboardRepair
>
> Do I just cut out the rusted area?  If so, do I use a rectangular or
> circular shape?  Should I use a pattern for removal so that I can use
> the same pattern ( a bit larger I'd guess ) for the replacement metal?
>
> Are there professional welder people that can come to your house to
> weld in the new pieces?  I'll probably have some frame rail connectors
> to weld in place as well ...
>
> I don't want to start cutting stuff until I have some semblance of a plan ...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brian Safford
> '62 Dart 440 / Poly 318
> 2010 Challenger RT / 5.7 HEMI argh argh argh argh :-)
>
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