Yesterday I treated all the rust patches in the floor frame. There was actually quite a lot and the more of the white paint I ground off, the more rust I discovered underneath it! At least it was all still pretty minor and I didn’t stress too much about getting it all off. Just did the worst of it.
Some of the rust before:
After grinding back most of the rust:
After that, I painted the whole frame with Penetrol, which soaks down into every little crevice and seals up the rusty metal. Once that was dry, I then painted the floor frame with two coats of Rust Guard primer mixed with more Penetrol, and then finished with a top coat of Rust Guard enamel.
It was a lot of work to do this, but I am so pleased with the finished result. It looks AMAZING!
I can now be confident that I won’t have to worry about rust in my subfloor for a very long time!
Hi
Did you paint over the original paint with Penetrol and then the 2 coats, of fid you grind ALL of the original paint off first?
Thank you in advancd
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I only ground off the sections that had the rust. The rest I just painted over the original factory paint coating.
Thank you Dyani
That was what i thought from the visuals. Is the end product Ok in your opinion?
How did your floor turn out in the end? When is your next video due?
Good videos – thank you
oops! Your comment made me realise I never hit Publish on my last post! Fixed now. You should see my last post about installing the plywood floor.