Thanks Comet Man!!
Yes, I read your 'How To' article on rust repair. It was helpful, but I'm taking a different approach. I had rust over the wheel wells, like you, and rust on the tailgate. It was rust through with a lot of interior damage, like the rear window mechanism brackets were completely unsupported at the bottom due to rust out.
I cut out the existing rust and, working my way from the inside out, applied Ospho & rust converter in mega doses, installed custom cuts of 16 ga sheet steel with pop rivets & JB weld, then surface filled & contoured with JB weld - no plastic filler or Bondo was used. Then I applied 3 coats of anti-rust primer & 3 coats of finish paint, again working from the inside out. Then I filled the interior spaces with expandable foam & undercoated the foam to create a completely water tight seal (I hope). I didn't use any of the POR 15 or Hirch products up to this point.
This fall I'm getting an off-frame chassis sandblast & chassis paint plus a soda blast of the underbody with prime & paint. I am worried, however, that the soda blast of the underbody won't get inside some of the underbody channel beams. This is where I am considering using the POR 15 or Hirsch Miracle Paint - to spray inside the underbody channel beams.
I know I'll never get it all, but I am going to give it my best shot. I want to believe I am getting 90% of the rust...and I know I will just have to deal with the remaining 10% as it occurs.
Thanks again for your article & taking the time to respond to my question.
Cheers,
broncobill