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Van Rust

My Minivan was starting to rust, I have never done body work before but that's not going to stop me from trying!

I started off thinking that all i would need to do was sand off some surface rust, wipe the panel down, prime and paint. When i started to sand the rust spot started to get larger and larger. The panel was rusting from the back side forward. So i pulled out the trusty grinder with a cutoff blade and started cutting out the rust. I then welded in a new piece of metal bent to the same slope of the panel. Applied a thin layer of bondo, sanded it all smooth, and primed, painted and clearcoated. End result was pretty good.