Fixing Rusted Car Floor

How to repair rusted metal without welding.

Fixing rusted car floor. Check out more videos at. As with fixing surface rust paint and clear coat your repaired spot then buff to blend it in with the rest of the car. Cut out the rust. I had a major rust problem in my 1989 mitsubishi montero ls v 6 four door and thought giving glue a chance would at worst demonstrate what not to do and at best bond some new steel in place of rust with a minimum of body filler.

To repair this hole correctly you must first cut away any rusted or thin metal surrounding the hole so that you have a good surface to weld a patch. You ll also need to cut away the affected metal with a grinder or tin snips. Floor pans are the base metal layer of a vehicle s floor that everything else rests on. A perforated steel and bondo.

Once you ve cut away the metal cover the hole with a piece of wax paper and apply a mixture of. This is most common for older cars. Among its many products the latest from por 15 is a complete floorpan restoration kit offering a combination of the classic por 15 chemicals along with a sizeable offering of the two part epoxy putty and fiberglass mat material. Using a grinder with a cutting wheel cut away the rust or thin metal in as uniform a shape as possible so your patch looks professional.

Penetrating rust after prolonged exposure steel is converted to brittle. We set out to show the different ways you can fix a floor using this 1960 pontiac catalina where severe rust and rot had damaged its floorpans and trunk floor. However sometimes it is necessary to repair holes in the bottom of the floor pan. This will make your vehicle look whole again and prevent the rust damage from spreading.

If the hole caused by rust is not in a load bearing area of the car such as the chassis it is possible to repair it with glass fiber or body filler. We decided instead to treat the rusty metal with por 15 and then repair the small rust holes with the epoxy putty. Remove all of the paint around the hole with a wire brush attachment on your drill.