Dunno if the rusty tailgate pics add to this or not... lol!! I've lost my pics that just showed the rust bullet, still, it gives an idea.
Also (and finally for me for this thread) a member also made a comment recently about prepping the gutters. Here's how I did mine to prep them for Rust Bullet;
Firstly the car had been blasted, but this had not brought the gutters and seams up perfectly. I went over the insides of the gutters with a wire wheel on a drill. The result got most of the paint out, but was still not quite right, I had bits of old cracked seam sealant in the tops of the gutters, and some remnants of paint. There was also old seam sealant left under the gutters (between the gutter and the body looking up from underneath).
I was concerned about the condition of the steel under the seam sealant, so I picked it out top and bottom with a cheap pick (a bit like a very fine scribe) got in a set of four for about 5 bucks. This it turned out was worth doing (pics below). (I later removed the seam sealant with the same pick from the main body seam as well on both sides).
Removing Seam Sealant 1.jpg Removing seam salant 2.jpg Rust under seam sealant.jpg
Then I went over the gutters again with a wire wheel, and eventually, that not getting all of the the inside edge, cleaned it up with a small sanding block (just used a piece of quad) - heres the results.
Passenger side gutter 2.JPG Passenger side gutter.jpg Drivers side gutter.jpg
This left two issues to address, one was simply replacing the seam sealant afterward (there is a thread on this elsewhere) but mostly, now I had removed all the factory paint, how to coat the inside outer edge of the gutters with rustbullet. (Clearly it was going to be difficult to spray here and get reliable cover without messing up the paint on the roof or other places - the gun just didn't look like it would fit, and there'd be paint mess everywhere trying)
gutter with arrow.jpg
It seemed better to mask the roof and brush paint two coats of Rust Bullet into the gutter before spraying the rest of the car - I used two cheap, small/medium sized artists brush to do this (80 cents each) - bent one into a right angle at its ferrule - this let me coat the inside edge with accuracy (pic to come one day maybe if I still have the brush, but its a pretty simple idea - doesn't really need a pic).... although, I did find a dentists mirror and a torch useful to check the coating on the inside lip of that gutter afterward was really useful.
Gutter masked for rutproofing with RB.jpg
Btw I should thank other members who helped me realise the importance of replacing the seam sealant, and helped me with tips and advice about doing this, there is a good thread about doing this on this site in paint and panel, it would be optimum I think to put the seam sealant back on directly after the Rust Bullet, mine actually went on after the Dulon Acrylic sandable primer overcoat, but I personally cant see there's much difference. As long as its back in there over compatible paint, but I think directly over the Rust Bullet would be better (havent tried it yet).
Seam Sealant completed.jpg
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