> For more, go to: POR-15 - http://www.por15.com
> Eastwood - http://shop.eastwoodco.com
>
> YMMV, and make sure you remove any loose rust, dirt, grease and oil before
> applying ANYTHING!
>
> List?
POR 15 is just another rust cover up. Been there and followed the
instructions to the letter.
Then the floor pan fell out in a rain storm and made like a funnel
scooping up water and funneling it into the car. It took about 18 months
but the whole front footwell actually fell out. But is was well painted
with POR 15 and still all in one piece instead of a bunch of rust chips.
If you can not paint the inside of the rust it will creep to the edges
of the metal where it continues to eat away untill there is no more
metal to eat then the floor falls out.
At least it did on me.
Now I cut all rust out and replace the metal with US Steel.
Other rust killers which work on MINOR rust that turn it into a black
surface like "Rust Mort", "Extend", or others do work but not on
cancerous rust.
Most of the others contain Muriatic acid (I think) A cheaper way to go
is to use muriatic acid heavily diluted and outside. Do not use it in
the garage. wash the metal with the acid, rinse well 4 times, then rinse
again a few more times, follow with a good metal prep solution and etch
or epoxy prime immediatly.
Fiberglass will work great but again only on clean bare shiney metal.
It will not last on rusty metal. The rust keeps going and going.
I have taken apart a lot of botched up Spridgets and saw some really
crude repairs, I have also seen some good repairs but all the repairs
made over rust did not hold.
The "surface rust" people talk about when they are selling you a car is
on the outside surface but it started on the inside of the panel.
If the rust looks like bubbles, it is cancer. On the rare occasion it
may truly be surface rust, it may be but it started due to a chip or
scratch in the paint.
If you can poke a thin screw driver thru the bubbles, cut it out and
replace the metal.
Learn from my mistakes, I tried all the cover ups and then had to
replace the metal after the finished paint job.
Rust never sleeps, even when covered up it is still awake.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Lots of LBCs
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