Chassis Painting with POR-15

POR15 is one of the best friends for your chassis restoration.

RestoMotive Laboratories™ restoration products are designed to work as a complete system. When used together, these products provide you with a coating that will not only stop rust, but will protect it from returning.

Here is how the system works:

Degrease and Clean surface
Remove all flaky rust with a wire brush and even an angle grinder with a wound wire wheel on the end.  Clean the rusty metal surface with MARINE-CLEAN degreaser/cleaner. An environmentally safe cleaner, MARINE-CLEAN will remove dirt, grease, wax or other contaminants that could interfere with the restoration.

Neutralize rust; Etch metal
Prepare the rusty metal surface with METAL-READY. As a rust remover, METAL-READY will neutralize rust, etch metal for better adhesion, and coat the metal with zinc phosphate to encourage deep chemical bonding of POR-15 to the base metal and rust.

Apply rust preventive coating to surface
Seal the rusty metal with POR-15 Rust Preventive Coating. As the moisture resistant POR-15 bonds to the rusty metal, it will form an unbelievably tough, almost ceramic-like finish that will not crack, chip or peel.

Topcoat the surface
Topcoat the metal surface with CHASSICOAT BLACK. The semi-gloss black CHASSICOAT BLACK. provides the frame, chassis or underbody finish desired by most restorers as it protects the underlying POR-15 from harmful UV light.

POR-15 is available from many local suppliers and on line at por15.com

2 Responses to “Chassis Painting with POR-15”

  • scoutscout:

    I just had the frame on my 77′ Scout II Traveltop painted by the Scout Connection in Fort Madison, IA and all they use is KBS Coatings products now. They used to use the por15 but found the KBS sprays nicer and they think it’s a much tougher paint. If I can figure out how, I’ll post some before & after photos. Scout Connection does great work too! They’re perfectionists!

  • billferg:

    KBS Coatings are cheaper than POR products. I hope that was not a factor in Scout Connection switching to KBS!

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