On 22/08/2012 19:04, 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).

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...

Many thanks,

Al

Dare I suggest lead? It was the original car body filler and ISTR even
30 years ago some purists swore by it for old vehicle restorations.

A quick search produced

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD98LDc0GAI

so I bet it is still going and still worth a mention when someone is
looking to do a lasting repair.

j