Rust Damage – The Cure Using POR15

The Problem

If you are working on a car restoration project, then you are going to faced with rust damage.  This problem can’t be overlooked, as the entire project depends on repairing and eliminating rust.  This would be like laying down new carpet to a house that was flooded, without cleaning the mess and making necessary repairs before laying the carpet down.  The problem will still be there and the new carpet will be ruined.

Sure, we can paint over rust and it will look good, but this will not last.  The rust is still under the paint and spreading.  So if we want the the car to last, steps must be taken to stop the rust from spreading.

Rust Repair Methods

During this Mustang rebuild, I’ve demonstrated several ways to stop the rust.  In this method, I am going to demonstrate the POR15, which has been around a long time and used by many restoration shops.

 What Is Rust and How To Stop It

Rust is a reaction that is caused by exposed metal to oxygen and water.  This caused the metal to start corroding.  Once this process starts, it continues to spread until the the metal has completely corroded away or until the rust and been repaired and protected with corrosion protection.  This basically seals the metal to protect it from oxygen and water.

With that said, a two step process must be followed to prevent rust from ruining a restoration project.  The rust must be stopped chemically or mechanically.  The POR15 is a system to clean and prep rust, which stops the rust chemically.  An example of mechanically stopping rust is sandblasting the rust off.  The second step involves protecting the metal from oxygen and water to prevent rust from reoccurring.  With the POR15 system, this is the coating material.

In part 1, we are going to demonstrate how to prep the metal chemically using POR15 products.

 

1. We removed as much of the rust we could using a wire brush, sanding, and scuffing using a red scuff pad.
2. Once we removed as much of the rust, we vacuumed the floor pan using a shop vac.
3. Then we mixed and applied the POR15 Marine Clean to the surface.  Mixing ratios and application direction in video.  Rinse thoroughly with water and allow to dry.
4. Apply the ready to spray POR15 Metal Ready spray.  Directions in video.  Rinse and allow to throughly dry.

For POR15 product information visit www.CollisionBlast.com/POR15Kit or check out our supplies at www.CollisionBlast.com/Supplies

I will have the application of the POR 15 coating in an upcoming video.

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