Repairing A Rusted Floor Pan With Fiberglass

Remove all of the paint around the hole with a wire brush attachment on your drill.

Repairing a rusted floor pan with fiberglass.

This is most common for older cars. Usually the pans do not rust or need repairs. There are several ways to deal with a rusty floor. I had a major rust problem in my 1989 mitsubishi montero ls v 6 four door and thought giving glue a chance would at worst demonstrate what not to do and at best bond some new steel in place of rust with a minimum of body filler.

However sometimes it is necessary to repair holes in the bottom of the floor pan. To fix rust holes on your car you ll need to get rid of all the rust first. Fiberglass fender flares or an. We set out to show the different ways you can fix a floor using this 1960 pontiac catalina where severe rust and rot had damaged its floorpans and trunk floor.

Floor pans are the base metal layer of a vehicle s floor that everything else rests on. Let the mixture dry for about an hour then pull. Other than that everything else on the pan is solid without any rust. Fiberglass is a non corrosive material that can be used as reinforcement or as a repair patch on almost all surfaces including metal plastic and wood.

Fiberglass rust repairs are easily available at all local auto body supply store. If the hole isn t too big you can do a patch repair. I have an 82 camaro and the seam on the floor pan behind the driverside front seat and the seam along the rocker panel are rusted pretty bad and there is two spots about 4 to 5 inches in diameter one up by the pedals and one right in front of the seat that have pretty much rusted through. We decided instead to treat the rusty metal with por 15 and then repair the small rust holes with the epoxy putty.

Once you ve cut away the metal cover the hole with a piece of wax paper and apply a mixture of fiberglass filler and hardener. I dont know anything about welding. If the rust damage is extensive replacing the entire floor pan with a one piece panel is the best way. Typically fiberglass is used for rust repair by replacing the rusted metal and sealing the surface.

How to repair rusted metal without welding. For a larger repair the damaged section can be replaced with a partial floor panel. One of the best ways to patch the holes is with fiberglass.