Opinions needed on lower dog leg repair

[Denali GMC 87]

Would like a few peoples input if possible. I recently repaired my passenger lower dog leg. Welded in a square patch. The driver side when applying pressure sounded crunchy. Had a few rust blisters. No hole. Sanded down to bare metal. No hole was created. I took my dent glue puller kit and pulled on it a bit to get more of an air gap between the put leg skin and the inner structure. Should I bother cutting a hole and clean up the rust and re weld a patch. Or put some evercoat glass bonds over it and paint it and let it go under it rusts through in a few years. I do plan on spraying rust inhibitor on both sides regardless. Photos are of the passenger repair. I have it in primer.

 

[Denali GMC 87]

More pics.

 

[mikez71]

How long will it last without rusting after you patch it?
Seems like cutting a hole, you can see if there's any rust on the inner structure, clean as much of it as you can.
But if there is no stopping it, then you can take a break

 

[Airman68]

I'm considering doing this same repair but mine is too far gone. My other side is blistered but not bad. If I can afford to do a quick fix on that one and get a few more years, that might be all I need.

 

[Denali GMC 87]

Update. Sanded the drivers side. Had very small pin holes I mean very small. Cut a hole and did same thing. It actually was worse inside compared to the passenger side. Before painting the inner structure I took a large hammer and pushed the inner structure in so there was more of a gap between the outer skin and the inner structure.

 

[Denali GMC 87]

 

[89Suburban]

@tungsten

 

[tungsten]

@tungsten

Hey how goes?
Nice job on the repair.
One thing I found was never tape a line for primer,youll see it when you paint it no matter how much you sand it.
What you can do is fold tape,google soft edge masking, its a little better than straight tape.
Whats the plan for base and clear?

 

[Denali GMC 87]

I bought duplicolor cans of the paint code. I already tested it before starting repairs and it's darker but I'm not to concerned. Then I have 2K clear with upol#9 blender.

 

[89Suburban]

Hey how goes?
Nice job on the repair.
One thing I found was never tape a line for primer,youll see it when you paint it no matter how much you sand it.
What you can do is fold tape,google soft edge masking, its a little better than straight tape.
Whats the plan for base and clear?

Good man! Thanks for sharing your experience with this.

 

[tungsten]

I bought duplicolor cans of the paint code. I already tested it before starting repairs and it's darker but I'm not to concerned. Then I have 2K clear with upol#9 blender.

Ive seen the blender sitting on shelves,never tried it.Supposed to soften the clear so new clear can burn in? Have you used it before?
Silver is one of the hardest colours to match/blend.

 

[tungsten]

Another thing I’ll add is silver with any metallic in it needs to be sanded to 6-800 grit before base. And sanded well. Metallic will fall into any sanding scratches left over leaving a mottled look. It happened to me on my first try with silver. Thought 400 grit was good enough nope.

 

[Denali GMC 87]

Never tried it to be honest. However. Between what I got for my van I traded in and my Christmas bonus money I used to pay title stuff. The vehicle was free in my eyes. So hopefully it'll look good. I'm confident it will. Especially for 217k miles. I figured anything is better than a rust hole

 

[Denali GMC 87]

 

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[Geotrash]

Looks great! Nice job.

 

[Denali GMC 87]

Thanks fellas

 

[992dr]

Heck yeah buddy, great job.



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