[original condor]

Howdy all. I started out on my doors. As I found out, our doors have very little that limits the water entering the door, so they rely on the water exiting the door out the bottom. On mine I found lots of debris that was hampering this.
I should mention that I removed both inner door panels, & that there was already 6" X 9" holes down low in my doors but no speakers in them. Without these holes to work through, I don't know that you'd be able to copy what I've done. I'll be putting speakers back in when I get to that point, since I like opening the doors and playing music when I'm parked or camping etc.
First thing I did, or should have done, was tape up the ragged edges of the
6X9 holes, to keep from cutting up my arms as I'm reaching through to work. Then I set up some good lighting inside the door. Working in the evening made seeing inside the door even clearer. Once I had access with vision, I started removing the leaves, pine needles etc. that were rotting on the bottom inside, while also clogging the drain holes. The buildup of dirt was also retaining residual moisture, trapping it against the unprotected inner bottom of the door. Not Good.
Working mainly blind by touch, I thoroughly wire brushed/scraped as much of the bottom and lower sides as I could possibly reach. I was especially thorough on the seam between the door bottom and the bottom of the outer doorskin. I was diligent to make sure I reached all the way up to the corners below the hinges, and the hinge mounting suface. I followed up by shopvaccing out any and all dirt & residue.
At this point, I was properly prepped to phosphotize/ convert any rust that had started inside the door. I used a spray bottle to coat the entire inner hinge suface, the latch surface, and the outer skin. I paid special attention
to that skin/frame seam cuz it could hold & hide rust back in the fold. After I had coated every surface with the full strength Jamesco rust converter, I let it set overnight.
The next morning I took a hose & thoroughly flushed out the entire inner door, and let it dry till the next day.
Next step was to coat every accessable part of the inner door with Rustoleum Rust Reformer primer. Probably overkill, but why mess around when I've already done so much work.
Final step was to coat the inner bottom and lower sides with Rustoleum rubberized undercoating, as thick logical, without blocking the drain holes at the door bottom. Also coated the inner side of the door skin to reduce noise etc. Should have zero deterioration in those areas from now on.
I'll be back about my floor boards later.............Steve