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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~