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Default Car body repair; Best way to treat bare steel prior to filler-primer?

On Aug 22, 11:10*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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* *AL_n wrote:

There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinions on this, but I'd
eppreciate your views on what is the best way to treat bare steel, pror
to applying filler-primer, when affecting a bodywork repair on a car,
(having removed rust from an area and having abraded it, as far as
possible, down to bare, steel).


A decent acid etch primer. I like Upol.

I know there are various Jenolite-type products, and someone suggested a
zinc-based primer. What are your views? My primary concern is to
inhibit rust, of course.
I once read the results of an experiment which seemd to conclude that
Hemmerite was one of the best rust inhibitors of all, but I don't know
how suitable Hammerite would be in this type of application...


Hammerite is a con...


What type of acid? What strength?


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