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Old 05-26-2021, 03:57 AM
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Default Rocker Panel Adventure

I needed to do some welding in the area of the rocker panel so I decided to see if I could clean them out. Huge amount of mouse nesting, road dirt and some rust flakes came out in the 30 minutes I spent blasting in every hole with 100 psi air.

They are very solid with no exterior rust at all and I feel the inside is pretty freakin clean now as I worked at it till every particle came out.

What should I treat the inside of them with now to prevent corrosion? Some of that Eastwood stuff with the long wand? If it was already painted I'd probably opt for something petroleum based but can't use that now for obvious reasons.

Forgot who mentioned it, maybe Muslecar, but yeah it has an air flow system that goes all the way from kick panel vents to the front of the rear wheel well. I can see how that would be important to keep clean and dry as possible.