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Sounds like the rust bullet may be a zinc based material. I wonder where the first coat actually goes. I guess it sticks better to itself than the metal, maybe. We should have borrowed one of Keith's mirrors to look underneath at Hershey! Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: <K5Dar@aol.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Por15 or ... ? > I did my underside with "Rust Bullet". As per it's claim on the web site, > the 1st coat was like the 1st coat of paint on new wood. It all but > disappeared. The 2nd coat covered. It's messy like por15 so I dressed up like an > astronaut for the job. It seems to be holding up. I live in upstate NY & the car > is an everyday driver. It went through last winter & I couldn't find any > signs of the rust bullet losing the war against salt. On the negative side, it > only comes in a dull gray color but you can paint over it with anything. So > far, I have to say, the stuff is living up to it's claims on their web. > > Daryl - 72SB > Pattersonville, NY > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~