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Touching up the frame
I am in the process of putting together a kit.. The frame has a couple areas that got scraped and has a little bit of surface rust...
My buddy suggested that I use truck bed liner and go over the entire frame to give it a durable chip/scratch resistant finish. Have any of you done this??? Does it sound like a good idea??? I know the truck liner will kill the smooth finish, but how noticable do you think it will be???? Thanks... |
Snake, I've seen a couple of frames where the guys have used undercoating or trunk paint. On most of the car it doesn't matter but when you open the hood I think it distracts from the car. My personal opinion is to leave the gloss finish on the areas you can see.
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Here's another option. Remove the surface rust as best as you can. Washing with a Brillo pad works. Then get a rattle can of Rust-Oleum gloss black appliance epoxy enamel. Virtually every hardwaqre store carries this. Finish is hard as nails, nearly as good as powder coating.
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petek uses POR15 I'm sure he can answer any questions about it
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Thanks....
I have a feeling that I will do as Don Scott suggested and do the gloss black. Thanks all.. |
As Ken noted, I've used POR15. Works fine, gives a poor looking finish when you brush it on (grainy looking finish). I've heard that thinning and spraying POR15 gives a much better finish.
Rattle can epoxy works well and is as easy to get as the local hardware store. My vote is for the spray paint. |
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