hello name is Mel welcome to my world and for those of you that are new to my
channel I'm currently turning this Mercedes Sprinter into an off-grid go
anywhere sleep anywhere it was kind of stealthy camper van and today I'm gonna
take care of some rust after always a sprinter right
luckily underneath this spring now it's quite rust free but that's not the same
for the sides unfortunately and a bit of rust on one side care of it's in the
side door just take a look at there now the reason I wanted to get this down as
soon as possible is because it is creeping up above this line and once it
gets above this line that means I will have to paint this whole panel all the
time is below that line I can get away we're just painting a load outline
hopefully hopefully that rust hasn't creeped up past there underneath the
paint so a bit of luck I've caught this just in time
now the first thing I gotta do is take the side panel off no screws each side
behind here going that way same that so I have taken those off so I got do this
unclip it see what's going on behind it but first I'm going to put you on a
tripod and you can watch me do exactly that
all right so these screws a little tiny screws but each end and they're screwed
in from the back and to undo these you're gonna need one of these which is
a took 20 or t20 okay so it's - a nice one each hinge be they've already taken
those out you know our tools you're gonna need is one of these little
plastic pry bars and a pry bar maybe like this and I've covered this in
masking tape so I scratched a plank so see how difficult it is to get meself
I'm hoping I just pull it off for me Haines
yeah it's been off before that's why it's easy to get off there's always one
we need these these are the your white plastic bits that go in each in these
clips here make sure you don't lose those they're the ones that the screws
go in very important you can see I'm a little rust but isn't too bad it's only
that little bit there but also there's a bit there as well I said it's must free
so I've got two little bits of us to take care of now looking at this door I
know it's been that panel has been off before because these are supposed to be
white but in fact they are silver which means this door is that a previous
repair it's been painted and I'm not bothered taking these clips out before I
paint it but we're gonna take them out and to take them out we use this special
plastic tool simply get that behind and push
so it's like all these out and then I'm going to clean it when I put this back
together I'm gonna fill these holes with a bit of silicon sealant what I'm gonna
do next well it would appear my van has a little bit of hidden history like
until this because we're now at these plastic plugs now if you look you can
see they're white with the white paint we'll have taken them out and the lugs
that were missing there is no white circle so this door used to be white and
someone's resprayed it's silver not bother taking the logs in it when they
done it because the ones that are missing you can see they've actually
painted so yeah it's very interesting but then unless I've taken them all out
it doesn't faze me it's obviated a new door and it was all see a long time ago
because of a rust it is clear when the HPI least it's not vegetated as being a
write-off or anything like that so for some reason it's had a new door feed it
was a while ago was really good I've literally just got these two little
spots of rust to take care of this one here which is the main one and a little
bit there so yeah considering it's a sprinter hole quite place in here so the
first thing I'll do is get rid of these and this grind it all out and see what's
underneath and to do that I'll need to be angle grinder not gonna miss about
I'm just gonna tack it now to remove the paint you're sizing the top of the rust
I'm simply gonna use one of these zip wheels they're quite controlled borning
not too vicious but don't be afraid to put a bit of pressure on in the day you
want to get rid of all as much of that last as you can you want to get rid of
it all so let's do that right now
I'm happy with it oh sure you see a girl think I've got away with it I'll call
that just in the nick of time it's not quite above that line so it's gonna be a
bit difficult painting it below that line and getting it a blame box sure we
can do that now there is a bit of pitting the metals pitted so we'll be
putting a little bit filler over there just to blend it in a bit I'm a sign
down here there's a little pin oh so I'll need the traitor now with anti rust
crust it's called crust so I'll either paint
some of they'll know just to treat the rust stop it coming back through but
there's no guarantee it's not gonna rust from the inside out that's the only
problem as long as it gives me a few years obviously I'll be happy whatever
I'm sure I'm pretty sure it'll hold me back for a couple of years at least yeah
yeah before so to treat the rust on here I'm going to simply use cost by hammer
right good good real good stuff this is and when it draw as it leaves a crusty
layer over it to protect the rust this is an empty pot of poured a little bit
out of that one at least one
now if you get any running down your paintwork you want to get that off as
soon as you can because it will Stein and to get that off just use a bit of
blue well not want to use a bit of a damp cloth as well the only reason I've
given this a real good soaking is because there are tiny little pinholes
and I want formula to go the other side as well just to give me a sporting
chance
stop it rusting from inside out really the only way to do that properly is to
take the panel off from the inside and get to it from inside but because of
where the skinny is I don't think I can even do that the only place I'm pleased
on did this before it went over that loin what so we'll give that about
twenty minutes off air to dry and we'll carry on with the rest of it so there
you go put a little tiny smudge of filler over in that it's just too tight
hide the dimples it's literally just to hide the dimples in the rust now the
idea of this is to try and stop that rust spread in any way snot to make it
absolutely perfect as long as everything stays below this line not gonna see it
anyway so yeah that should be good enough so the next stage you just to
simply sand it down make it a little bit smooth before I apply some primer so I'm
just using this flat edge that's what I'm gonna do but before I do that it's a
good idea to protect your lungs
that's pretty much it that is all I'm going to do the next stage mask it up
for some prime on it should be fine now
so I've mopped it down I've nasty I think do now is put some prime on it
this is just single grade form that's all it needs
simple is that right so I've put another coat of primer on the one coat just
wasn't enough you could still see through it so I put two coats of primer
and I've lifted the edge of the masking tighten or feathered it up that way
hopefully the paint will blend in a bit a bit nicer won't be such a sharp edge
now I'm using base coat from kink paints and a clear lacquer as well this clear
lacquer should seal it saris there's no water can penetrate and get to an
bare-metal angle oh I've already given this a good shake this is so simple to
boat so if you have got any rust on your very never go ahead I got fixing the
rough yourself I mean you can't make it any worse for her it doesn't have to be
a professional job just needs to be good enough to stop that rough spreading
I'll give this a coupla coats what's that coach - I say one more home
literally just dusting this on nothing heavy I mean the bottom bit don't really
know I don't even know why I'm putting paint on the bottom it just to seal it
I'm just running off down there and that's it no just gonna wait for that to
dry they seal it with me one coat back up
what's that strong I'll give this a good shake now me base coat is dry it's just
a matter of putting a little bit of lacquer on it and again I'm just going
to fill this on just give it a nice thin layer but build those layers up it's
dust coming out quite quick mustn't forget the edges just favoring it but
blending you can actually see this silver is quite a lot darker than the
original so I'm glad I managed to save this before it went above that line
Tommy tape with masking tape off and polish it chances are he won't notice
that because of the change of the angle in the middle fingers crossed down here
this is just purely to seal it to stop any moisture getting to our middle
though I think learning I'll let it drive right off then I'll give it
another coat now let me paint is finally dry when we black
you know that time paint is supposed to match this point doesn't quite match but
then this door has been painted before
you see that line I'm not worried about that because once this drew ideally
properly what's his proper draw I'm he's still a
bit soft whilst he's tried hard I can flap that back
blend in with the line it's still better than rust anywhere that's nice all that
the way I'll neat the gloomy petal back in now a lot of people you've seen this
on a lot of channels they put sealant around these before I put it back on the
vein I'm not going through there I've got a better idea
well I think it's a bit you know anyway rather than put sealant directly to
those I'm gonna put sealant around the holes I think that would be much better
like that yep that one I'll put one in that one that was missing you don't need
a lot it's just to stop the water going in now I'm just using multi-purpose
silicon for this it's not mastic or anything strong like that it is purely
for seal those hulls make sure no water can ingress into my door thus making all
my installation wet it's good enough that's all it's for I'm not trying to
glue the panel to the door I just want to seal it so that's it make sure this
clips you in place wash these bottle I don't do look a bit gray still but I've
washed them
well now put the screws back
now these are only screwed in a plastic so you don't have to do them up tight
you haven't got a wrench em up tight she'll just rip the plastic thread out
otherwise well there you go that looks so much better it's much better than us
and hopefully they'll keep the rust up by for at least an hour a couple of
years you know really pleased about that it's not the best job but do it'll do
the job that I want it to do and that's to stop that rust coming back through if
you want to see me take care of even more rust I did do the back doors in
more detail so if you want to see that video I'll put a link up here check that
video out and also put a link at the end of this video on my favorite well thanks
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