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Metal Ready, necessary? |
rjames |
Jan 25 2006, 04:41 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 4,111 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
They guy at the local auto body shop said that metal ready wasn't necessary (probably because he was out of the stuff) before using POR15 as long as I did a good job of grinding all of the rust out.
This doesn't sound correct as I'll never be able to grind and clean up ALL of the rust particles... However, I've seen the instructions for the Metal Ready stuff, and it sounds like a big mess. Is there another product that's less messier that will do the same thing (assuming I need it)? Rubbing alcohol? (at least that stuff will evaporate on it's own). Also, I've got areas where I won't be able to wash the metal ready stuff out of if I apply it (center tunnel comes to mind). I can't just spray Metal Ready in there because it's an acid and eventually will destroy the metal- I have to be able to wash the stuff out. So do I just try and coat with POR15 using some sort of 'rag-on-a-pole' method?? New pics of the longs, rust etc: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...&hl=metal+ready Since I have a couple of small areas to weld later, can I grind of the POR15 easily (or easily enough) when the time comes to weld those areas? (ie: holes due to rust) |
Rand |
Jan 25 2006, 06:56 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
You can only put POR15 (or any other rust-"encapsulating" paint) over surface rust on good base metal. If there are scales, or the rust can come through the back side, that's another matter - which means the rot needs to be cut out and replaced with good metal. |
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