At 01:22 PM 10/9/2006 -0600, David wrote:
>I've just about got the frame disassembly done on the '67 GT6. I should be
>ready to sandblast it next weekend. My question is what paint are people
>using on the frame? I've heard a lot about POR 15 but have never used it.
>Any other products people recommend? A POR 15 website recommended
>topcoating it to protect from UV but it doesn't seem necessary because I
>don't think the frame with get much if any UV exposure. Spray or brush? I
>plan on spraying unless the list suggests otherwise.
David,
POR 15 is an excellent paint. But it is more of a primer than a top coat.
I did the chassis of my Bricklin with it, then sprayed a coat of acrylic
enamel over that. However, it should be top coated. I didn't top coat some
of my front suspension, and the sun coming in the open doors changed the
color from a nice shinny black to a more gray/white ish color.
As to the application, I'd suggest brushing it on. The reason is, POR 15
is very hard to clean up. Therefore, you could have problems cleaning
a spray gun. Then as you spray with POR 15, it will slowly reduce the
diamater of the various passages and may cause the gun to fail.
I was just at a shop that is restoring a 24 Rolls Royce. The chassis looked
fantastic. I asked what they used. They said an epoxy (catalized) paint.
If you plan on spraying the chassis with a "regular" primer, I'd suggest
that you use a polyeurathine primer. The roof of my 95 Voyager van had
the classic peeling and rust. I sanded it down to the metal, the treated
the metal with DuPont's 5017 metal conditioner (a phosphoric acid) then
shot it with a eurathine prime from DuPont - Mason or something like that.
I have not gotten around to putting a top coat of paint on the primer. The
primer has held up remarkably well for about a year now. There is some rust
coming through where I apparently didn't get it all the first time or didn't
get enough primer on. But most of it is NOT rusting. Compaired to the time
I primed the roof of my 89 van and it rusted within a week!
Hope this helps some.
John
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