I've been very happy with Picklex 20 for treating rust. It also helps cut down on welding spatter if you need to fix any rust. You'll need to rough up the panel before you apply filler. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for surface prep with the filler you use. Picklex 20 will not interfere with the filler bonding to the base panel. Unless you are going to store the car in a fairly dry environment before painting, just using primer is a mistake. I've been pretty happy with using DupliColor spray cans for primer and paint as I've made repairs. The only problem is that you'll probably have to remove all of it before the final paint so I'd hold off on final body work until you sand it off for paint. Matt On 7/12/2008 1:01 AM, A Griffiths spouted this sage advice: > What do you guys like to put on bare metal before body filler? > > What is the consensus on treating surface rust and filling the pits? > > Anyone have a suggestion on a decent, *inexpensive* primer that I can > put on the car until I get it painted a few months later? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080712/8fe1208a/attachment.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > -- mhaas@xxxxxxx Cincinnati, OH http://www.mattsoldcars.com 1967 Rambler American wagon 1968 Rambler American sedan ================================================================= According to a February 2003 survey of Internet holdouts released by UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list