honaker

I got the new Floor pans done this week end. All welded together. All i have to do now is grind the welds smooth and primer.

By the way, any recommendations on a good primer for galvanized steel.

After i get it painted etc. Will be installing them in the car real soon!!!!

Getting one step cloer to hitting the road again. All i need now is a motor, electrical system, interior, clutch, brake calipers, oh yea i need some tires too. :lol:

J75

Hard to beat a good PPG self etching primer.

shoptek

Check out POR 15. You will never have to worry about them again!!! www.por15.com

paintdaddy

PPGs dp 40 is the best primer for galvanized but you will pay dearly. :seeya

honaker

Has anybody used this POR15 before. Looks like a good product, i talked to the company, sounds smart, however, i would feel better if i heard from some of you guys who have used it.

NHvette

I feel guilty for praising the POR-15 gods too often.

The new galvanized surface will not accept the POR-15 well, unless properly
prepped. I would get one of their super starter kits - comes with all you'll
need for coating (at least) one side of the floor pans (paint,cleaner,etcher/primer,brush,gloves).
The stuff goes over light rusty metal with ease - leaving a hard glossy finish.

The tricky part is to get a top coat over it. The stuff is UV sensitive - so you
need to keep an eye on it. When it gets dry - but tacky - you need to lightly
coat it with something like Krylon semi-flat black (good chassis match).
Just give it a dusting - then come back the next day for a final coat of Krylon.

I have used it (so far) on my upper windshield frame. I'm ready now to
tackle the rest of it with POR - but need to heat the garage up.


[Modified by NHvette, 3:20 PM 1/14/2003]

Bobchad

Here is a picture of the passenger side floor pans of my 77 with POR-15 on it. I scraped it with a scraper to get the crap off of it, prepped the metal with Metal Ready and then put on two coats of POR-15.
http://home.attbi.com/~jchadwick/Interior001.jpg

NHvette

Hey Bob,

It looks like you painted over the two front seat bolts (in the floor).
What happened when you broke those free ? Did the POR chip around the bolt - or break clean ?

Lookin' good.

J75

I used Por15 on my windshield frame and calipers and it works just as they claim.Ask them about your application and I`m sure they can fix you up.

Bobchad

Took them out before the paint dried and then put them right back in with no problem. I didn't want to have to deal with POR-15 clogging the threads and I'm just not good enough of a painter to paint around the holes without getting paint in them.

honaker

I talked to POR15 and they said all i need to do was wash the surface with their metal prep and it would stick fine.

Don't know?? :(

NHvette

Right - the metal prep etches and primes the smooth surface.

Last time I checked, the price of a small can of POR and a small bottle
of metal prep was almost about the same as a super starter kit, which includes a
bottle of the cleaner, a brush, and latex gloves.