Good morning all!!
So after a good amount of research I decided to attack the rusting frame on my newly acquired 02 TJ. I'll add to the fact that I am FAAAAAARRRRRR from a mechanic or body man and learn everything from forums and YouTube. I'm really enjoying the experience so far between this and the 73 DJ-5. With that said, even if I owned a lift and all of the proper tools I'm not sure I could do this for a career because a lot of it is a pain in the ASS! Kudos to all of you professionals out there!
I know this may start a debate and or people telling me what I did wrong and I'm fine with the second part.
I decided on these supplies.
My plan was to clean as much as possible with wire wheels, brushes and this glorious needle scaler tool. I say that because that thing worked like a beast.... for about ten minutes until the internal plastic threads all striped off. For $35 that makes sense so if there is a proper branded one out there I will be buying it eventually. I had to hold it together for a majority of the job which sucked but the thing is AWESOME so I had to!
Here are some before closeups.
Some after shots..
And some final shots after 2 coats of the rust reformer and two coats of the Cosmoline. Previous to all this I power washed the inside of the frame, blew it out the best I could and let it sit overnight to dry. I them used the Fluid Film with the attachment to spray the insides. Not 100% sure of the quality of this part because it was hard to see the inside with the scope. I could have done a better job on some of the external areas with the scaling tools but I either missed them or gave up. It's kind of why I didn't go the Por-15 route because I've read preparation is the most important part and It's a tough job. #amateur
I will follow up after the winter to see how it holds up but feel free to tell me what I should have done differently. I always appreciative of comments good or bad since that's how I learn.
Thanks for reading this long post!
So after a good amount of research I decided to attack the rusting frame on my newly acquired 02 TJ. I'll add to the fact that I am FAAAAAARRRRRR from a mechanic or body man and learn everything from forums and YouTube. I'm really enjoying the experience so far between this and the 73 DJ-5. With that said, even if I owned a lift and all of the proper tools I'm not sure I could do this for a career because a lot of it is a pain in the ASS! Kudos to all of you professionals out there!
I know this may start a debate and or people telling me what I did wrong and I'm fine with the second part.
I decided on these supplies.
My plan was to clean as much as possible with wire wheels, brushes and this glorious needle scaler tool. I say that because that thing worked like a beast.... for about ten minutes until the internal plastic threads all striped off. For $35 that makes sense so if there is a proper branded one out there I will be buying it eventually. I had to hold it together for a majority of the job which sucked but the thing is AWESOME so I had to!
Here are some before closeups.
Some after shots..
And some final shots after 2 coats of the rust reformer and two coats of the Cosmoline. Previous to all this I power washed the inside of the frame, blew it out the best I could and let it sit overnight to dry. I them used the Fluid Film with the attachment to spray the insides. Not 100% sure of the quality of this part because it was hard to see the inside with the scope. I could have done a better job on some of the external areas with the scaling tools but I either missed them or gave up. It's kind of why I didn't go the Por-15 route because I've read preparation is the most important part and It's a tough job. #amateur
I will follow up after the winter to see how it holds up but feel free to tell me what I should have done differently. I always appreciative of comments good or bad since that's how I learn.
Thanks for reading this long post!