Floor Rot

I have just taken up the carpet and found that I have a few nasty surprises waiting for me. I have just found that I was half a millimeter away from doing a Fred Flimstone in my car.

So moving on... I am going to have to remove all that nasty rust that has been caused by the underlay of the carpet holding all the water so that the rust could form. So I have gone and got myself a decent wire brush. My plan is to rub the floor down to the point where the rust has gone and then treat with rust and metal paint. Then cut away all the rusted areas and re-plate the floor and all the other areas......

So about two hours later I have done one foot well out of two. The underlay had fused into the rust and it was just hell to get it down and out. I now have dust up my nose and all over my hands are cuts from the jagged floor. If you have to do this I suggest wearing a respirator.

After several hours of going at it solid I have cleared a lot of the worse areas. Now I plan to coat the areas in rust treatment paint until I can get new floor panels for the viva. I have not gone crazy just quick two coat with paint.

As you can see from pictures this is not going to be an overnight job. Anyway I have now completed interior rot apart from two areas which I am most upset about. In the corners of my interior on my wheel arches I have noticed the sides have got black tape on them.

So I take a big breath and remove the tape to find some idiot has put tape over two majors parts of rust. instead of sorting it they have put tape to hide it. What do these people think, that bodge tape cures the problem of rust.
How about this for an ad.......
Never mind spending money on expensive metals and work hours on welding up those nasty areas of rust. Just bodge it with my miracle bodge tape. IDIOTS.