'55Chevylover's 55stepside build up

['55Chevylover]

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

i sure hope you did the primer that POR said to use! i put just the paint on a very clean bare steel frame of mine several years ago and that crap came off in big sheets. Hope you dont have the same problems... But i sure wont EVER use that crap agian

I put it on bare metal like the can said. I also sprayed undercoating on top of that. I sure hope I don't experience the same thing you did.

[blackdiesel]

Originally Posted by '55Chevylover

I put it on bare metal like the can said. I also sprayed undercoating on top of that. I sure hope I don't experience the same thing you did.

oh dear. Give it a few years

[Tri5Nerd]

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

oh dear. Give it a few years

It's all in how you prep the metal, if you grind or clean all the rust off and don't use the prep solution it will peel, if you give it something to hold on to it will last a long time and you can paint over it.

Tri5

[blackdiesel]

Originally Posted by Tri5Nerd

It's all in how you prep the metal, if you grind or clean all the rust off and don't use the prep solution it will peel, if you give it something to hold on to it will last a long time and you can paint over it.

Tri5

My frame was freshly sandblasted. if i would have known i would have just used a catalized paint. instead of a just brush it on straight out of the can paint....

Or if i would have sprayed it down with water and let it set a day or two to let it build up a layer of surface rust it would have been ok. POR stands for Paint Over Rust, which is what its designed to do. not POCM

on all my other projects i use a black acrylic enamel. havnt had any problems with the last 3 or 4 done that way.

[Tri5Nerd]

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

My frame was freshly sandblasted. if i would have known i would have just used a catalized paint. instead of a just brush it on straight out of the can paint....

Or if i would have sprayed it down with water and let it set a day or two to let it build up a layer of surface rust it would have been ok. POR stands for Paint Over Rust, which is what its designed to do. not POCM

on all my other projects i use a black acrylic enamel. havnt had any problems with the last 3 or 4 done that way.

You are correct about painting over rust, they say to lightly brush the heavy rust off, not all rust then prime with their eching primer, then brush on, they really don't recommend spraying.

Tri5