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Re: [Spridgets] Truck bed liner

To: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Truck bed liner
From: Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:10:00 -0500
.. yeah some aircraft buddies say the same thing, rather paint and see
any rust than powdercoat and never know its' there..

On Apr 27, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:

> The only danger I can see in using the RhinoLiner as undercoat is
> that even
> the slightest amount of rust or moisture sealed in by the RhinoLiner
> will
> continue.  I have seen this with other sealants. Unless your metal is
> completely rust free (very unlikely) the rust process will continue
> regardless of you having covered it up.
>
> I restore old motorcycles for fun. Even powder coating can do this.
> Not long
> ago I saw a frame that had been powder coated with either some rust or
> moisture still in the pores of the metal underneath. Eventually
> (about 15
> years in this case) the frame tube rusted through underneath the
> powder
> coat!  One day in a corner, the frame crumpled causing a wreck.
> Examination
> afterward showed places where the powder coat would flake away
> leaving a
> very rusty spot on the frame underneath.
>
> Point is, you can "over-seal".  I'd make sure I had a good primer
> and paint
> job on the metal before the RhinoLiner.  The various rust converters
> on the
> market are a better bet IMHO.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Mark A. O'Neil
> <mark.a.oneil@dartmouth.edu>wrote:
>
>> A few years ago a buddy of mine painted a truck with RhinoLiner (bed
>> and body, over and under) and it is still holding the truck together
>> to this day! Durable stuff.
>>
>> Two years ago I used Eastwood Co. rust convert and encapsulator on
>> the
>> floors of the midget after wire grinding the surface rust off. I keep
>> an eye out for the return of rust, but have seen none to date.
>>
>> -m
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 2:00 PM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
>>
>>> My son and I have put RhinoLiner on as undercoating to our 73
>>> Midget.
>>> It looks great and I think it is going to be a super
>>> undercoating.  We
>>> haven't finished the car so I don't have any real life road
>>> experience,
>>> but if it's as tough as they claim it will last a long time.
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>
> --
> Cheers!!
> Jim
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> I am
> not
> sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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