Protecting the inside of a Disco against rust

SpaceDawg · Nov 24, 2012

Hi,

I'm pulling the carpets out of me Disco this weekend so they will dry along with the roof liner and whilst I'm at it I want to protect the floor from rusting.

I have waxoiled the cars under side, so I wanted to do something at the people end of the car without it stinking to high heaven.

Does anyone have any ideas, I was toying with poring used Oil inside but the missus says her dogs wont like it.

Here's what its like at the moment, not to rusty and I don't want it to get worse.

Chris

IMG_4868 by chrissuddell, on Flickr

IMG_4869 by chrissuddell, on Flickr

uncle albert · Nov 24, 2012

paint it , its protected it so far .

Mark L · Nov 24, 2012

Personally, I'd strip it all out, wire wheel the rust away, blast it with red oxide then re-paint if you're keeping it as an every day family hack.
All depends how far you want to go, really.

Just don't use anything you'd normally use on the underside of it like I did and then have a tar-like mess every time the temperature goes over 25 degrees.

Next summer, I'm stripping the inside back out again (doing away with the carpets this time) and blasting it with 3M anti-chip coating before having it painted.

arienol · Nov 24, 2012

Treat the rust with Hydrate 80 from Bilt Hamber laboratories - Corrosion Protection | Award Winning Mineral Acid Rust Removers - Bilt-Hamber UK

Excellent product - works like a rust converter similar to Hammerite Kurust but actually works properly

ruffday · Nov 25, 2012

Clean it up then Hammerite it.

SpaceDawg · Nov 26, 2012

Ok, I have found the issues with the floor getting wet and a little rusty.

I took the roof lining off yesterday in the ****ing rain and got a nice shower from inside the car, with the roof's closed when I pulled the headliner down?

Looks like my Disco has leaky roofs and roof bars. So if it's ever dry again I'll fix this up, then hopefully the carpets will stay dry. Any thing I was balming the digs for getting in wet.

Roof puddle

IMG_4872 by chrissuddell, on Flickr

IMG_4871 by chrissuddell, on Flickr

Dog looking sad after bein accused of ****ing on my seat

IMG_4867 by chrissuddell, on Flickr

trax99 · Nov 26, 2012

how the feck did your dog **** on the roof, thats one big hound.

SpaceDawg · Nov 27, 2012

He's very smart... However crapping on the roof is another thing...

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