Rusty trunk

The condition of the paint under the carpet in my trunk is pretty sad. There are areas where it's completely gone, and I've had water problems in the past so there are spots with surface rust.

Any ideas on how to treat this? I think I basically want to repaint the entire inside of the trunk. I was thinking of using Rustoleum products but was wondering if there's anything better. I'm not experienced with paint and don't have a sprayer or anything so spray cans or brush-on products would be preferred.

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you gotta sand that

Sand prime and Rhinoliner that rolls and brushes on i believe

Is this the Buford in your porfile pic?

http://www.por15.com/

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you gotta sand that

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I'll do whatever prep I need to do. I was just hoping that I could clean up the loose rust and use a rust converter type product instead of having to remove every single speck of it in all the difficult areas.

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Originally Posted by G'KAR

Sand prime and Rhinoliner that rolls and brushes on i believe

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There's carpet over all this that I took out. (It stinks, so that's another project.) I'd like to maintain the OEM-ness because hopefully I'll be able to start autocrossing this year.

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Originally Posted by NormSky

Is this the Buford in your porfile pic?

http://www.por15.com/

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I have no idea what you're asking. I can say that car doesn't belong to me or anyone I know. I found it on the internet and thought it represented Pennsylvania quite well, unfortunately.

Another vote for the POR15 products.

Sounds like por15 is the way to go. They have a trunk and floorplan restoration kit...for $145. *jawdrop*

I'll try to figure out what I actually need and see how much that costs.

I've used POR15 in the past and it's good stuff. But, yea, a little pricey...

I'd hunt down the leak first (If it's still there) and then treat the metal.

Get a wire wheel on a drill and a shop vac and have fun cleaning the rust! If you don't want to spend much $$ then just treat it with some naval jelly, hit it with some spray bomb primer and re-paint. That's probably what I'd do.

Looks pretty bad...
but can be sanded and cleaned up and fixed with a little work.

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I'd hunt down the leak first (If it's still there) and then treat the metal.

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Yep... I had a false sense of security after I installed a new top because I put in a new rain rail and thought that was it. Then one time there was a snowstorm and I had a foot of snow sitting on the trunk overnight and into the daytime so it started to melt. I noticed that a jack I left in the trunk was wet, so I'm pretty sure there was a pool of water in it at some point.

Turns out it was the tail light gaskets. They were basically not there anymore, and letting in whatever water was running down the 'gutters' on the sides of the trunk.

But I'll definitely test it with a hose before I go putting it all back together again. Who knows what other interesting ways there are for water to get in...

use this http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rust-converter.html works and decent price they also have a kit.

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you gotta sand that

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I'll do whatever prep I need to do. I was just hoping that I could clean up the loose rust and use a rust converter type product instead of having to remove every single speck of it in all the difficult areas.
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lol alright i thought you were gonna just try and spray some CLR and be done with it

what kind of car is it? is it a daily beater or a collector car?

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use this http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rust-converter.html works and decent price they also have a kit.

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the eastwood is a good product similar to the rustolium converter. POR is good as well. they all serve a different purpose.

what you have I would not consider a rust problem especially if its a DD. take a wire brush to get rid of the loose stuff vacuum and spray with a rust converter and top coat with black paint if you wish.

now if it were a collector car I would take a different approach.

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what kind of car is it? is it a daily beater or a collector car?

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use this http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rust-converter.html works and decent price they also have a kit.

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the eastwood is a good product similar to the rustolium converter. POR is good as well. they all serve a different purpose.

what you have I would not consider a rust problem especially if its a DD. take a wire brush to get rid of the loose stuff vacuum and spray with a rust converter and top coat with black paint if you wish.

now if it were a collector car I would take a different approach.

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It's a 1995 Miata. It's not totally a daily beater but I wouldn't consider it a collector or anything. The rust isn't that bad... I was curious and sanded a little bit of it and it's really just a light dusting in certain places. I think it's more dirty than anything.

it seams the paint in the trunk tends to be thinner then the outside of the car so it can be scratched or chipped to the metal easier. also the rust dots you are seeing could be from metal bits that are in there. I would clean it up and treat with the rest converter.

if it comes back then sand it down and treat it with the POR. but honestly it shouldn't come back I have used the converter stuff on worse rust and it stopped it from getting worse. I have also used POR but only on my classic car I am restoring.