72 Frame Painting
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From: Lakeland FL
72 Frame Painting
Started sand blasting the frame this weekend. It was in excellent shape with only surface rust. I will finish blasting the frame this week, and paint next weekend.
I bought a 3 foot flexible wand that has a nozzle with a 360 degree spray pattern, so I should be able to paint inside the frame rails with a rust preventative paint. I will be using Chassis Black primer and paint from Eastwood for the outside of the frame, and had thought about using POR-15 to paint inside the frame rails. Would POR-15 be good to paint inside the frame or is there something else that would be better? What is the consistency of the POR-15 in the quart-sized cans, and if too thick, can it be thinned out?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I bought a 3 foot flexible wand that has a nozzle with a 360 degree spray pattern, so I should be able to paint inside the frame rails with a rust preventative paint. I will be using Chassis Black primer and paint from Eastwood for the outside of the frame, and had thought about using POR-15 to paint inside the frame rails. Would POR-15 be good to paint inside the frame or is there something else that would be better? What is the consistency of the POR-15 in the quart-sized cans, and if too thick, can it be thinned out?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Melting Slicks
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From: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
The frame looks great. I ended up having my frame powdercoated and it to had only surface rust in a few small areas. I was going to use Eastwood chassis black and it's primer, but I used it on some of the suspension pieces and it did not seem that it would hold up well. I'm sure you didn't want to hear that, but maybe try it on some other parts first and see how easy it scratches etc before you do the frame. I bought some stuff from JC Whitney with a long spray nozzle to spray into the frame rails but didn't think it was necessary after the powder coat.
Racer
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From: Northwest CT
Your frame looks great.....nice job. I can tell that car didn't come from up north.
POR 15 can be thinned for spraying. You have to use their special thinner, I believe. I think it would work pretty well on the inside of the frame rails. Might be overkill, but since you have gone this far, why not be safe than sorry?
Can you post a pic of your spray wand set-up? I'm in the middle of the repairs on my bare frame (rust repairs!
) and I want to coat the inside too. I'm going to do a phosphate wash than coat it with POR or Rust Bullet. I haven't figured out how to get the paint on the inside.
POR 15 can be thinned for spraying. You have to use their special thinner, I believe. I think it would work pretty well on the inside of the frame rails. Might be overkill, but since you have gone this far, why not be safe than sorry?
Can you post a pic of your spray wand set-up? I'm in the middle of the repairs on my bare frame (rust repairs!
) and I want to coat the inside too. I'm going to do a phosphate wash than coat it with POR or Rust Bullet. I haven't figured out how to get the paint on the inside.
Drifting
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From: Piscataway NJ
When spraying the inside rails with the wand. You may have to thin the por a little. But put some card board down because the por will run down through the seams and onto your floor......... Don't ask why
Racer
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From: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (home in Colorado Springs)
I did my frame up in red;
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2658106/2
Scroll down that page. I can't past images here for some reason. I wanted to do powder coat, but figured by the time the frame needs work, I'll be pushing up daiseys and it'll be someone elses problem. So I went a less expensive route.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2658106/2
Scroll down that page. I can't past images here for some reason. I wanted to do powder coat, but figured by the time the frame needs work, I'll be pushing up daiseys and it'll be someone elses problem. So I went a less expensive route.
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Your frame looks great.....nice job. I can tell that car didn't come from up north.
POR 15 can be thinned for spraying. You have to use their special thinner, I believe. I think it would work pretty well on the inside of the frame rails. Might be overkill, but since you have gone this far, why not be safe than sorry?
Can you post a pic of your spray wand set-up? I'm in the middle of the repairs on my bare frame (rust repairs! ) and I want to coat the inside too. I'm going to do a phosphate wash than coat it with POR or Rust Bullet. I haven't figured out how to get the paint on the inside.
POR 15 can be thinned for spraying. You have to use their special thinner, I believe. I think it would work pretty well on the inside of the frame rails. Might be overkill, but since you have gone this far, why not be safe than sorry?
Can you post a pic of your spray wand set-up? I'm in the middle of the repairs on my bare frame (rust repairs!
) and I want to coat the inside too. I'm going to do a phosphate wash than coat it with POR or Rust Bullet. I haven't figured out how to get the paint on the inside.Corvette Stories
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Yep, that's what I did. I got myself an air blower with and extension and blew out the entire frame...took about an hour with all the rust and stuff. Go around the frame with a hammer an tap the sides of all the metal - any flakes of loose rust on the inside of the rails will fall off and then can be blown out with compressed air. I hate sandblasting...it goes everywhere, no matter what you do!
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Yep, that's what I did. I got myself an air blower with and extension and blew out the entire frame...took about an hour with all the rust and stuff. Go around the frame with a hammer an tap the sides of all the metal - any flakes of loose rust on the inside of the rails will fall off and then can be blown out with compressed air. I hate sandblasting...it goes everywhere, no matter what you do!
The sand blasting does make a Hell of a mess, but it takes it down to bare metal in no time and leaves a good surface for painting.
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I tried out this wand the weekend with POR15. It doesn't work without the following modifications:
Turn up the pressure a lot - the wand says max 45psi, but I ran it at 100psi at the tank with a 20 ft hose, so it lost pressure along the way but I don't know what it was at the wand.
Cut the wand length in half, and discard the threaded end. Re-insert the threaded adapter.
Thin down the POR15 a lot. POR15 site says a max thinning of 5%, but I had to thin it down way more than that. I don't know what thinning more than 5% actually does?
That got it going decently. The tip of the wand sprays forwards and to the side.
You have to have a Shultz underbody oil gun and also a can that fits the gun. I had to buy a can of what looks like auto transmission underspray, just to get the can.
Steve L.
Turn up the pressure a lot - the wand says max 45psi, but I ran it at 100psi at the tank with a 20 ft hose, so it lost pressure along the way but I don't know what it was at the wand.
Cut the wand length in half, and discard the threaded end. Re-insert the threaded adapter.
Thin down the POR15 a lot. POR15 site says a max thinning of 5%, but I had to thin it down way more than that. I don't know what thinning more than 5% actually does?
That got it going decently. The tip of the wand sprays forwards and to the side.
You have to have a Shultz underbody oil gun and also a can that fits the gun. I had to buy a can of what looks like auto transmission underspray, just to get the can.
Steve L.
