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Re: Floor pan paint?

To: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>, Spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Floor pan paint?
From: doug@dougbraun.com
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:30:40 -0500
At 09:15 PM 3/7/2006 -0500, Greg Rowe wrote:
>Now that I have my new, rust free spitfire, I would like to keep it that way.  
>(First thing, no more
>driving on snowy days with the roads salted!)  There is some very light 
>surface rust on the floor plans, top and bottom.  I'm going to wire brush it 
>off, but for protection, should I paint POR15
>on both sides of the pan?  Bottom only and use a good quality paint like 
>Rustoleum on top?  Or
>is POR15 overkill for a car that will usually only see dry weather?

I can't say which is best, but if you are working on the floorpans, inspect them
carefully for cracks around the seat attachment points.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit 


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