[landarts]

Got the day off from work for Good Friday holiday and decided to tear into the first stage of rust repair. Started off with mounting a new Lennox metal cutting blade that I thought I would try. It was an $11 investment and I am really impressed so far with the cutting and longevity. I was able to make all the cuts and remove the rocker and all is good. I am keeping track of what I cut with it to see how it goes. I had also bought a spot weld cutter - that will be going back to Amazon. It did not work at all, literally just walked all over the place and made it impossible to use.

After making all the cuts I prepped the areas with a 60 grit flap disc for the welds. The inner rocker area was ground down to bare metal and treated with rusty metal primer. I will start on fitment of the rocker after all is good and cured. Start making templates for replacement patches, cut some metal and get it tacked.

On the cowl area I will treat the inside now that it is cleaned out well. I will treat the upper cowl in windshield wiper area also before painting.

Last area that will need attention is the bottom of the inner door pad, there is a small 1" x 2" area that will need cut out and replaced.