3 years ago, when I started restoration of my TR3A, I stripped the car down to
the frame, wire brushed the rust off, soaked with strong solution of Simple
Green, rinsed thoroughly, soaked with POR 15 Metal Ready (which is nothing more
than phosphoric acid), rinsed thoroughly and dried, then coated with POR 15
paint. I used it on the exterior of the gas tank too.
All I can say is, that stuff works great. Three years later, because I didn't
care to topcoat it, it's faded a bit, but not a spot of surface rust. It's
great stuff. Wish they made something similar for an antique cerebral cortex.
I do have to confess, clutzy me couldn't keep it off my hands, which raised no
end of questions at work.
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A (Body back on and painted, waiting for nice weather and a
weekend to begin reassembly of post-running gear stuff!)
New Hampshire
---- acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
> Cosmo,
>
> Others who have used the stuff will be able to answer you from their
> specific experience. However, just recently I was at my local NAPA
> store and they are now selling the line of POR-15 products. While
> there I picked up a catalog that listed all their products and had
> information on each product. Or, you can go to www.por15.com to view
> their website and get the whole scoop.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aaron
>
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> Topsham, Maine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cosmo Kramer <tr4a2712@yahoo.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [TR] Por-15
>
> Hi List!
> A friend of mine has a TR6 that he has been restoring
> 'on & off' for severial yr. [I know this sounds VERY
> familar to many]. He's noticing that parts of the
> frame is getting some 'surface rust?' [I haven't seen
> it, & I don't know if it was cleanened & not 'cover
> painted' or left bare metal]. I suggested that he use
> por-15 on it. His reply was that he thought that ALL
> RUST had to be removed.
>
> Now I do know that there's many 'stages' in doing
> por-15 properly. BUT I do recall many replies in the
> past that stated that por-15 will work 'well?' if
> placed over surface rust? If so, then i was thinking
> of also using it on my everyday pick up truck with
> little surface preperation. [just to get another 5->10
> yr. out of it].
>
> So my question is: How 'clean?' the the surface need
> to be for:
> 1- Long term saving qualities [restoration of Frame
> off]?
> 2- Short term? [Rusted surface {it has pitting} that
> hasn't any holes, but greater than 'surface rust?']
>
> -Cosmo Kramer
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