Treating surface rust under the dash

[bull]

What have you guys used on the factory bare metal in the nooks and crannies of the interior such as under the dash and such? I was thinking of just brushing on some Rust-Oleum or something similar, nothing fancy.

[Shakey]

Hey Bull - 

I plan on taking my dash frame out and painting it but prior to that plan, I was just going to do what you had mentioned.  Grab a can of flat black and have at it with a couple of brushes.

No one will see it anyways so....

[bull]

Hey Bull - 

I plan on taking my dash frame out and painting it but prior to that plan, I was just going to do what you had mentioned.  Grab a can of flat black and have at it with a couple of brushes.

No one will see it anyways so....

Thanks. Why you gettin' so fancy under your dash? Are you trying to make me feel like a slacker?

[Shakey]

I'm pulling my windshield out to reset it and figured I might as well remove the dash and give it a couple of coats of black so it holds together for another 37 years!   

[bull]

I'm pulling my windshield out to reset it and figured I might as well remove the dash and give it a couple of coats of black so it holds together for another 37 years!   

My windshield is out too, so now I do feel like a slacker.

[Lord Warlock]

Buy some POR15 rust preventative paint.  Its designed to be used for this purpose, and has been around for more than 20 years now.  I've used it on the floors, on the roof (where it will be covered by a vinyl top) I will also be using it on the upper inside area of the doors where the factor undercoating doesn't cover the panel. 

Back when I first found out about it in the 80s, it was endorsed by restoration shops, I've used the por15 putty/ silver/black. It has kept rust from coming back for 10 years on my own car, can't say it works for everyone, and I would recommend replacement of seriously rusted panels, but for minor rust panels where stopping it from getting worse or rotting out completely it seems to work. 

http://www.por15.com/

Lord Warlock

[BigBlockSam]

i used rust bulit and applied it with a brush . came out great . Rene

[PocketThunder]

Buy some POR15 rust preventative paint.  Its designed to be used for this purpose, and has been around for more than 20 years now.  I've used it on the floors, on the roof (where it will be covered by a vinyl top) I will also be using it on the upper inside area of the doors where the factor undercoating doesn't cover the panel. 

Back when I first found out about it in the 80s, it was endorsed by restoration shops, I've used the por15 putty/ silver/black. It has kept rust from coming back for 10 years on my own car, can't say it works for everyone, and I would recommend replacement of seriously rusted panels, but for minor rust panels where stopping it from getting worse or rotting out completely it seems to work. 

http://www.por15.com/

Lord Warlock

  thats what i used.

[Corellian Corvette]

If you're slightly more lazy like me, Eastwood makes a "rust encapsulator" (their version of POR15), which gets great reviews AND comes in a spray.

Get a couple of bottles of the rattle-can version it goes on a bit thinner and is easier to get up under there.

[mopar_madman]

I used zero rust (another rust paint) works very well and is very economical  www.autobodystore.com sells it. Easier to use then some of the other paints out there, easy cleanup, can use the brush right out of the can they also have a aerosol of it. I take the spray head off and use a head with the little red tube on the end (like a wd40 head) for spraying in cracks and crevices and behind rust patch panels.