I find Tiger seal very good and is over paintable too, gone are the days of using crappy "brushable" cellulose based seam sealer..
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I weld the seams on mine then cut a groove in a thin skim of filler. The TRs all suffer the same problem in the same area, I welded mine when I built it 23 years ago and it still hasn't gone rusty.
NeilNeil
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+2 for welding and creating an artificial seem. A repaint or two ago it was lead loaded and simply cracked the lead.Comment
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Although I would really like to weld it I can't justify melting the paintwork which is pretty good in the surrounding area , not sure how far it would spread so for now it's seam sealer with a plan to do it properly when the time come to do the paintwork.
Cheers SteveLast edited by Stagdad; 19 January 2015, 23:37.Comment
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Does seam sealer work better on bare clean metal , primed or fully painted surfaces?
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IIRC I have used it on bare metal and primer, should tell you in tech notes.Originally posted by Stagdad View Post
Jeff.I only do what the voices in my wife’s head tell me to do!Comment
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You try and find a car paint sprayer who wants to work on them.... (midlands area....)
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I only do what the voices in my wife’s head tell me to do!Comment
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What did you do in the end Steve?
I got rid of the seams all round.
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Hi All,
I've just done a tidy up of this area, at some point my Stag has had a complete n/s rear wing fitted, the join didn't look too good with cracked & flaky paint and after a bit of poking with a thin blade bits of rusy filler came out suggesting the body shop had gone for a quick fix option. I used Tiger seal once metal was de-rusted with Bilthamber gel and primed with Hydrate 80, thinnest skim of Upol 1k filler, primer & top coat... Not perfect, but no rust here now as the underside of the joint had the same treatment...
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Ex factory on early Stags the joint was brazed and probably a skim of lead and finished flat so that the is joint invisible.
Cheers Ian A
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Still good Dave.I only do what the voices in my wife’s head tell me to do!Comment
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