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I put Rust Bullet on the under side of mine a couple of years ago. The 1st coat sort of disappeared into any rust that I missed like the 1st coat on a fresh piece of wood. The second coat covered much better. It seems to be holding up even though I've driven it through (2) winters in 100% genuine, old fashioned New York State road salt. The stuff only has (2) cons as far as I'm concerned. #1 - You can't wash it off of your skin - it has to wear off. #2 - It comes in only one color - grey but it can be painted over like painting over a primer. Daryl - 72SB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Sullivan" <tristessa@frys.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:56 AM Subject: POR-15 (was Re: [T3] Painting Front Beam) > This isn't really related to the front beam painting discussion, but since I saw POR being discussed and > was going to bring this up anyway I figured I'd chime in with an update on my unintentional long-term > POR-15 "testing". Back, oh .. 13 years ago .. I painted the entire frame from a '26 Chevrolet with POR-15. > It was going to be used in the construction of a "depot hack" wagon built from leftover bits of Chevy > stuff at my parents house. I'd wirewheeled the frame down before brushing it on. Then life happened, and > it's been sitting unprotected in the "way-back 40" of their 1/2 acre lot since then. > > I just got back from a road trip to California to visit, and while I was there I took a few minutes to wander out > and look at the frame, still sitting right where I'd left it. The POR is peeling off in a few places, and rust is > starting to come through on the tops of the framerails. I'm somewhat surprised by the results. 13 years, > exposed to everything that the Santa Rosa climate can throw at it, "improper" preperation of the frame > (I didn't use their metal prep or anything, just wirewheel, dust off & paint) and it's still mostly holding up. > > I'll have to check back on it in another 13 years. :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >