hi rust in metal is somthing that should be easily got rid of,IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT. imagine you have a flat piece of bare steel and you sand blast it (which is the best method to give your water proof coat a good key to prevent the rust}you then spray it with a zinc primer{the next best thing to galvanising d.i.y}but after youv sprayed the metal with the zinc primer you have left a thin patch in the middle or where ever,then you just goe ahead and coat the now zinc primed metal with the best coating you can find on the market eventuly the patch under neath that had a thin layer of ZINC primer aplied will rust around 5 times quicker than if you aplied a cheap coat of normal primer without zinc.The reason for this is because of the way the electrons move in the steel a zinc coating actuly changes it, this is why it works so well when aplied correctly, evenly on a panel all the way round,but aplied badly you actully make things so much worse. so check to see if the delorean frame had a zinc coating at the factory if not dont use any thing with zinc in it the best primer to use here is ETCH PRIMER. if it does you HAVE to apply a zinc primer first, if you dont your recently repaired section will just eventuly rust again in wet and especaily salty roads. if you have actual rot in the steel you need to cut it out if its just surface the best and easyest way to rid it is defanatly to spot blast it,it removes everything and returns it to the original sandblasted texture from the delorean factory for the best key. A wire wheel on a drill or angle grinder is a NO NO IT COOKS THE RUST LEAVING YOU WITH BLACK PITTED RUST this is dormant rust that will eventuly come back garanteed its also difficult to SEE AFTER ALL THIS USE A GOOD QUALITY TOP COAT OF ANY COLOUR YOU WANT.if you are going to use your d in wet salty conditions then apply a wax coating underneath,they normally have rust preventatives in too. thanks wes To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/