Took the day off work and my Dad and I busted some *** on the car. I think I spent 4-5 hours under the car degreasing/prepping the surface.


Before Por-15




Front right fender


Rear Fender


Underbody



Dad spraying


Me



Finished




more pics here

 

Looks awesome, I see no rust in your future. Just out of curiosity how much did it cost for that much POR-15? On a side note do you happen to live near the biggest 6 pack in the world?

 

Wow!

:-) neil

 

maybe used half a gallon...

I live just outside Milwaukee, so probably

 

anyone care to explain what POR-15 is?

 

^paint like thing that you apply over rust or on to things that you don't want rusting i believe

 

Nice work. What are your plans for the car?

How exactly did you prep the wheel wells? Or stated differently, how would you suggest one prep the wheel wells?

I was cleaning my car after the last track day and found some spots in the wheel well that were down to the primer after 130k miles of use.

 

I sprayed on a very strong degreaser/de-waxer that is used for prepping a surface for paint. I'll get the name of it. It made the gook under the car melt right off.

A lot of scuffing with scotch pads and whipping down with rags & the degreaser.

Spraying is the easy part. Surface prep is the work.

 

+1 on the degreaser! looks good!

 

very nice!!! Wanted to do the same when i have the time

 

wow, what a clean, fresh start. looks great

 

Gah...that spray gun makes my last 2 weeks of brushing on POR on my under-body look way harder then it needed to be.

 

What are your plans with this car. It looks like you pulled almost everything off, why not the sub frame assembly? I can't tell but did you also yank all the harnesses out. I want to a full up restoration on my car and you look as if you've come the closest to doing what I have in mind. How much of a pain is this? Is the POR-15 paintable? Looking forward to the completion of your project, liked your website as well! Have fun.

 

i think the stuff is what $30-40 a quart, i used some to repair some battery acid areas

 

It's found at http://www.google.com/search?source=...=Google+Search

 

Dang, this stuff sounds like just what I'm looking for. I was noticing that I've got a fair amount of rust on the underside of my FD. Some parts I can take off, sand, and repaint, but there are other spots that I really can't while the car is in one piece. How well does this stuff really work if you apply it over items that already have rust? I'm thinking a degreaser then a wire brush and then apply?

 

nice work.

 

The car looked extremely clean. I'm a little surprised you stripped it down *that far* and didn't pull the suspension or fuel lines...

 

Awesome work!!!! I just recently Por-15'ed my subframes and resprayed my underlay.



=Ben

 

I recommend using the Marine Clean degreaser from POR themselves. Nothing I have tried works as well as it for degreasing. Also their surface prep is top notch. You definitively don't want fish eyes forming with POR-15 because you cannot sand it down!

Looks very nice I have used it under the car, on my diff and subframe the stuff is great!

 

I was wondering the same thing, if I was going to go to that much trouble to entirely strip a car I would have definitely pulled EVERYTHING off and coated the entire chassis.

Looks really good though, you guys did a very good job! I would love to do this one day but I don't know that I'm ready for that much tear down .

 

I'm familiar with POR-15 from working on my antique car, it's great stuff. But I don't get the advantage of stripping the black undercoating and sound deadener and re-applying black POR-15. Did you have some rust issues to begin with?

And while it probably won't be a concern on the areas the OP used it, for anyone considering it, be aware that this stuff dries hard as brick so you don't want to have to sand it for a color coat. And it has no UV protection and will blush badly if exposed to sun.

 

what an awesome dad! i hope to be doing the same with my son when he's older. of course he's only 3 months old now and i'm sure my dad would help me if he didnt have a bad bad back problem.

looks great btw

 

GREAT JOB! So what are you going to top coat it with now? Remember POR15 does not like UV light and will break down.
Also instead of alot of scuffing with scotch pads I used a wire wheel on a drill and/or one on a grinder for a bit more surface bite.
Really looks good.

 

Por 15 will not break down from UV light, however it will fade. They make a paint that will go over it without all that sanding and grinding. I have used this product in a restoration and very pleased with it. Under the car where the sun cannot get at it, i would not paint over it, as the POR 15 gives off a very shiny look. It is quite hard and will protect the metal.