Hi,
I'm new here. I hope I'm posting this in the right section. I just bought a 2003 Chevy Express 1500 cargo van. I'm planning on fixing it up and traveling around while I sell handmade jewelry at art & craft shows.
So, I am at the very beginning of my conversion process. After I uninstalled some metal shelves that the previous owner put in, I noticed that some of the places where they were bolted to the bottom of the van are rusty. The problem is that some of these holes are right above the gas tank and they are really difficult to get to from under the car. I'm considering using a wire brush to remove what I can, and then use a rust converter called Corroseal (http://www.corroseal.com/), and then paint. I'm hoping that will take care of the rust issue. This is probably the worst of the rust. Sorry the quality of the picture isn't that great
Then there's the fact that there are holes all over the floor in the cargo area. I am planning on using J-B Weld SteelStik (http://www.jbweld.com/product/j-b-steelstik/) to plug those up. I'm not really concerned with aesthetics since I am going to be covering everything with insulation and carpet. I've never really done anything like this before, so I just figured I'd ask for any advice. Does this sound like a good idea? Does anyone have a better idea?
I'm new here. I hope I'm posting this in the right section. I just bought a 2003 Chevy Express 1500 cargo van. I'm planning on fixing it up and traveling around while I sell handmade jewelry at art & craft shows.
So, I am at the very beginning of my conversion process. After I uninstalled some metal shelves that the previous owner put in, I noticed that some of the places where they were bolted to the bottom of the van are rusty. The problem is that some of these holes are right above the gas tank and they are really difficult to get to from under the car. I'm considering using a wire brush to remove what I can, and then use a rust converter called Corroseal (http://www.corroseal.com/), and then paint. I'm hoping that will take care of the rust issue. This is probably the worst of the rust. Sorry the quality of the picture isn't that great
Then there's the fact that there are holes all over the floor in the cargo area. I am planning on using J-B Weld SteelStik (http://www.jbweld.com/product/j-b-steelstik/) to plug those up. I'm not really concerned with aesthetics since I am going to be covering everything with insulation and carpet. I've never really done anything like this before, so I just figured I'd ask for any advice. Does this sound like a good idea? Does anyone have a better idea?
