Tom, one has to restore a car, to fully appreciate the real work that is
needed to do it right. Most of the time They just go, Oh that's nice,
and then proceed to point out the only small paint chip on the car,
hidden by the Goggle Switch. This explanation is done, while leaning on
the car, and tapping the car with their hand proudly displaying their
new Mood Ring.
But restorers have their Badges of Honor, which includes, skinned
knuckles, various cuts and abrasions on the body, paint, like POR-15
that does not come off, but must be worn off, dust and rust in the
lungs, and Most Important, an inner pride that you did it yourself.
Sell The Car, Are You Crazy! How Many Hours, Well Gee I Don't Really
Know, but A Lot.
POR-15 is good. I have used it in an industrial application, where it
is subjected to water all year, and after 4 years, no problem. I used
about 80 gallons, and the customer still pays my bills.
Several points, that I am sure you know, but I will mention again.
1. Get it of you body now, or wear it for the next 2 weeks.
2. Use cloths that you don't want to wear again.
3. If you want any other color that the POR-15 color, you must put in
on when the POR is tacky, otherwise it will not stick. POR does sell a
top coating that sticks, but I don't have any experience with it.
4. It does have a shelf life.
5. It will fade if exposed to UV, but under the car is no problem.
6. Watch the temperature, both hot and cold. If you paint in the sun
on a hot day, you will get brush marks. I know.
Good luck with the project. I will bet that you are not successful with
#1 above. No racial tone intended or meant, but the black painters had
a lot of fun with the white painter on the industrial job mentioned above.
We brushed, we rolled, and we sprayed, with disposable garden pesticide
sprayers on vertical and overhead surfaces, and the stuff was all over
the painters, who never wanted to see the stuff again. I works though.
Larry
Tom Witt wrote:
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> Well I have nearly finished heating,scraping and wire wheeling all the
> undercoat, paint and rust from the underside, trunk floor and interior floor
> (I really envy you "dippers"). It's not all done, but for the sake of sanity
> chose the interior crossmember as a Mason - Dixon line. Do they give out a
> patch for this? Sure it's a job primarily done lying down, but its
> claustrophobic. I have breathed enough rust to make my own "Iron Lung." I
> have lit myself on fire with the propane torch (and didn't know it for a few
> minutes). I have been porcupined by the dozen or so wire wheels that have
> disintigrated on my angle grinder. I have dropped a spinning grinder on my
> chest and watch it race for my face only to be halted as it wrapped my sweat
> shirt and dug into my skin. I have come to know sections of the
> undercarriage as "neighborhoods" (and some I don't want to go into). My kids
> think "working on the Tiger" is my day job (I teach and have a few weeks
> off) and I come home looking like a coal miner. My neighbors hope for
> rolling blackouts so the forty some hours of noise from the angle grinder
> will finally stop. I hate it, but I love it (if you know what I mean).
> Anyway, I'm off the point. I know the meaning of POR (paint over rust) 15,
> but I can't stand the thought of hiding rust (thats what the above is all
> about). I plan on using their Metal Ready (since it is again, bare metal)
> and then the POR-15. Any special hints other then to wrap my self in
> plastic? I bought the stuff already so please don't tell me to buy something
> else. I don't think I could handle that at this point. Thanks for letting me
> babble. It's Tiger Therapy. Tom Witt B9470101
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