My up and over garage door is rusting quite badly. It faces into the
weather and we're in Cornwall only 6 miles from the sea.

I want to take the rust patches back to the metal and then treat with
some sort of rust prevention or proprietary product.

Can anyone recommend some sort of treatment that they have personal
experience of?

I'm sorry if this posting is duplicated, but I sent it off via my iPad
yesterday and there's been no sign of it since then.

Peter

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On 07/29/2013 07:59 AM, Peter James wrote:
My up and over garage door is rusting quite badly. It faces into the
weather and we're in Cornwall only 6 miles from the sea.

I want to take the rust patches back to the metal and then treat with
some sort of rust prevention or proprietary product.

Can anyone recommend some sort of treatment that they have personal
experience of?

I'm sorry if this posting is duplicated, but I sent it off via my iPad
yesterday and there's been no sign of it since then.

Peter


I've used Kurust on many occasions and found it to be very effective.

Andy C

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Peter James wrote:
My up and over garage door is rusting quite badly. It faces into the
weather and we're in Cornwall only 6 miles from the sea.

I want to take the rust patches back to the metal and then treat with
some sort of rust prevention or proprietary product.

Can anyone recommend some sort of treatment that they have personal
experience of?

I'm sorry if this posting is duplicated, but I sent it off via my iPad
yesterday and there's been no sign of it since then.

why not change the door for one made of aluninium or GRP?

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On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:40:12 +0100, charles wrote:

My up and over garage door is rusting quite badly. It faces into
the
weather and we're in Cornwall only 6 miles from the sea.

why not change the door for one made of aluninium or GRP?

Ali and salt? If it's 100% ali, no steel reinforcing or framing it
might be OK. GRP should be.

I've used Kurust pretty effective.

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On 29/07/2013 07:59, Peter James wrote:
My up and over garage door is rusting quite badly. It faces into the
weather and we're in Cornwall only 6 miles from the sea.

I want to take the rust patches back to the metal and then treat with
some sort of rust prevention or proprietary product.

Can anyone recommend some sort of treatment that they have personal
experience of?

I'm sorry if this posting is duplicated, but I sent it off via my iPad
yesterday and there's been no sign of it since then.

Peter


What's the door made of? Most steel doors I've seen are galvanised, and
shouldn't rust even if the paint comes off. Is yours just sheet steel
with no galvanising?

As others have said, Kurust should help - or any similar product
containing phosphoric acid (don't get any on your skin!)

Then paint it with Hammerite.
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:00:13 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

As others have said, Kurust should help - or any similar product
containing phosphoric acid (don't get any on your skin!)

Then paint it with Hammerite.

If using Hammerite you just need to clean of the worst of the rust
and apply the Hammerite direct, no rust cure or primer required.

Just redone a set of gate hinges after ten years, not sure if the
modern Hammerite is as good as the old stuff. Doesn't smell the same
(no pungent organic solvent whiff), is noticeably thicker and the
recoat within in 6 hours or wait weeks requirement has gone. The
higher viscosity might be a plus as it's not so easy to get bubbles
forming as you brush it out. Bubbles where bad as they left pinholes
in the paint film...

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On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:47:52 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

not sure if the modern Hammerite is as good as the old stuff.

It can't be much worse, tbh. The old Hammer****e was awful stuff. Peeled
and chipped VERY easily.

Whilst about to do some car suspension, I had a chat with a specialist
paint supplier about the "cold galv" zinc-rich paints a while back. They
reckoned those were damn near unbeatable on a blasted surface, but on
"mechanically cleaned" (ie wire-brush-in-drill), then they pointed me
firmly towards Rustoleum 769 primer, despite it being really quite
inexpensive.

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:24:41 +0000 (UTC), Adrian wrote:

not sure if the modern Hammerite is as good as the old stuff.

It can't be much worse, tbh. The old Hammer****e was awful stuff. Peeled
and chipped VERY easily.

Survived very well ten years outside on these gate hinges... Just a
few small flakes on the exposed side, rather more flaking off on the
surface against the timber gate but that isn't surprising water will
get trapped there.

I've got some "galvfroid" does what it says on the tin but is a soft
as old boots.

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