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Old 02-16-2019, 06:14 PM   #21
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As soon as it’s gets a tad warmer(was 70 yesterday and it’s in the low 40s now) I’m gonna do a comparison to see what rust remover works best.

Which one do y’all think will be champion?

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Old 02-16-2019, 06:16 PM   #22
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Picked up a gallon of this goodness to put down after the rust is stopped.Click image for larger version

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Old 02-16-2019, 06:23 PM   #23
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Picked up a few small sheets of this 22 gauge sheet metal I can cut up to cover some larger rust holes in the floor once the rust is stopped.I’m leaning towards welding them down. I’ve seen some people use liquid nails and just stick it down.

What do y’all think?

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Old 02-16-2019, 06:40 PM   #24
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As soon as it’s gets a tad warmer(was 70 yesterday and it’s in the low 40s now) I’m gonna do a comparison to see what rust remover works best.

Which one do y’all think will be champion?

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Where all the thick brown rust is in that pic, take a hammer and whack the middle of it and big scales will break free. Once you get that done, hit the floor with a wire wheel or grinder. Then use a Rust converter like KleenStrip Prep and Etch ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-St...0220/100406369 ). Same as Ospho (Phosphoric acid), but half the price. Once your satisfied you have it clean enough, paint with your Rustoleum

I used liquid nails to put my bigger patches down. Have you ever tried to weld 22g.?
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Old 02-16-2019, 06:52 PM   #25
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Where all the thick brown rust is in that pic, take a hammer and whack the middle of it and big scales will break free. Once you get that done, hit the floor with a wire wheel or grinder. Then use a Rust converter like KleenStrip Prep and Etch ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-St...0220/100406369 ). Same as Ospho (Phosphoric acid), but half the price. Once your satisfied you have it clean enough, paint with your Rustoleum

I used liquid nails to put my bigger patches down. Have you ever tried to weld 22g.?


All good points.
The big stuff is gone for the most part. The scaly stuff is mostly gone at this point. Good tip on the hammer.

I have a wire wheel for the grinder.
Was hoping to avoid that at all cost. I’m not a fan of rust boogers.

It’s been a while since I’ve mig welded 22 gauge. It’ll def take some practice to not blow a hole or just melt it. I do like the liquid nails idea though. That’ll def speed up the process.

The only rust remover or stopper I could find at my local Home Depot was the Rustoleum spray bottles. They didn’t have any sort of acid either. Well, the help couldn’t point me in the right direction. I asked several employees.

Lowe’s had the naval jelly.

And tractor supply had the evaporust.
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Picked up a few small sheets of this 22 gauge sheet metal I can cut up to cover some larger rust holes in the floor once the rust is stopped.I’m leaning towards welding them down. I’ve seen some people use liquid nails and just stick it down.

What do y’all think?

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no expert here, but my thoughts are that 22 gauge is mighty thin for a floor - need to be skilled at welding, that's for sure


--- Metal – a special kind of substrate The tin can. Is it the can you tie to ...
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The tin can starts its life in a steelworks. There, a steel strip is rolled out to the desired thickness, between 0.12 and 0.49 mm depending on the application.
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Old 02-16-2019, 06:54 PM   #27
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no expert here, but my thoughts are that 22 gauge is mighty thin for a floor - need to be skilled at welding, that's for sure --- Metal – a special kind of substrate The tin can. Is it the can you tie to ...

http://www.kba-metalprint.com/.../us...of_substrate.p...

The tin can starts its life in a steelworks. There, a steel strip is rolled out to the desired thickness, between 0.12 and 0.49 mm depending on the application.


I’m sure it’ll be fine for an overlay type patch? I’ll cut it a few inches bigger. I’ll be laying foam then plywood over the top of the steel floor.
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For future patches using LN, I'll add screws or rivets to make it as thin as possible. I didn't like how the LN on my first patch seemed to expand. It won't be a problem once it's covered with rigid foam insulation. For patching, you're just covering holes, it's not structural once you have sub and flooring on top. Probably still use pennies to cover the massive amount of bolt holes. I started to weld a few up, but I decide it would be too time consuming to do it that way on all of them. Dab of epoxy and drop a penny over the hole.
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Old 02-20-2019, 06:26 PM   #29
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Great start, can’t wait to see what else your going to do.
So I’m interested in why your calling it a woody? Do you plan on paneling the out side?
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Old 02-20-2019, 06:54 PM   #30
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Great start, can’t wait to see what else your going to do.
So I’m interested in why your calling it a woody? Do you plan on paneling the out side?


That’s the plan.
Something similar to the pic below.

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Old 02-22-2019, 04:18 PM   #31
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Old 02-22-2019, 07:23 PM   #32
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Tried all 3 and they all suck for what I’m trying to do.

I’d say the rustoleum works the best. I just applied another coat and Plan to leave on for a few hours then hit it with the pressure washer.

Good old fashion wire wheel on the grinder is what’s gotta happen though.

Hopefully i can get this paint down tomorrow at some point.
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Old 02-22-2019, 07:25 PM   #33
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Getting this adhesive off the wheel wells is a PITA.

I found the pressure washer with the Wirley Bird type tip worked best for getting it off. Probably took me 30 minutes or so to get all 4 done.

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Old 02-23-2019, 11:26 AM   #34
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Flat Black Rustoleum going on.

I’m so close to start building this thing!
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That looks awesome love it
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It's looking pretty good in there!
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Old 02-24-2019, 09:14 PM   #37
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Thanks, it’s coming along!
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It's looking pretty good in there!


Thank ya sir!

More rain coming this week so it’s looking like process will slow down.

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