110 rear X-member rust ?

Seems to be the merest hint of rust after 7 years now. I was going to wire
brush it down and then Kurerust it followed by Hammerite. Is this a good
idea or will I be brushing off some protective layer ??

John H

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> Seems to be the merest hint of rust after 7 years now. I was going to wire
> brush it down and then Kurerust it followed by Hammerite. Is this a good
> idea or will I be brushing off some protective layer ??
>
Once the rust is there any protective layer must have gone. Treating and a
good paint has to be the remedy, and Kurust and Hammerinte seems to be doing
ok for me at the moment. I've also used POR-15 on the chassis which seems
to be the mutts nuts, but beware - you can remove it from skin, but only
with a scouring pad and a lot of elbow grease. If you've got rust on the
surface where it's visible then there must be rust where it's not visible.
I'd give a good blow with an airline to try and get the mud out from the box
sections, followed by a good pressure wash and a dry week to dry out
thoroughly. Then give it plenty of penetrate rust treatment, I used
Dinitrol (from Frost) because it's in aerosols and I'm lazy, but there must
be others.
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Bob Miller
1990 ex-RAF 110 3.5 V8 17KJ83
1967 3/4 ton Sankey 09ES17