Trim, Rust, & Paint

[RugerP97DC]

Leading is an art. All the luck in the shop to ya!

[88MercWagon]

People still do leadwork, of course. One thing I wanna learn in my lifetime...

+1... It's almost a lost art.

[Mercmarquis]

Buy this and go to town if you want to do lead work. I really want to learn how to do it, I may just buy the kit and play around with it. I know very little about it but you are right that it is alot better than bondo becuse it doesnt hold moisture and its more solid. Alot of guys in the 50's and 60's would do frenching headlights and other cool things with it. One guy, Bill Hines is the master, he does some awesome work.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1679&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=516&iSubCat=519&iProductID=1679

[zwack88]

You would be better off cutting it out and putting on patch panels with industrial glue, they replaced a cab corner on trucks using that stuff, suppose to be stronger then a weld.

[Dave84]

duct tape them you could use fiber glass it holds up better then bondo

[roadsterstang420]

for the paint I'd wetsand with 1000 grit on a block, not applying any pressure aside from the weight of the block. After the finish lookds sorta uniform, go to the 1500, then the 2000. then your best bet would be a decent electric buffer and maybe some Race Glaze or some meguiars polish. of course try this technique on your trunk lid first to make sure you can get the water spots out without going all the way through the clear.

[nitroracer]

Thats exactly what I tried!

I used the rusty trunklid as a test area and did some light sanding and then a medium grit cleaner and wax but I scratched the paint too much. Then in a different area I tried just the meguiars cleaner and waxed it and the results from that were nearly as good.

Until I find a new trunklid Im going to paint it with chalkboard paint and write shit all over it. lol