Re: POR-15 for Frame restoration

["Steve Rubano" <srubano@xxxx>]

You are correct but I didn't mean that I would leave it chipped. If 
left it will rust out a hole, but it will be alot easir to repair a 
small rust hole then and entire frame that was weakend by rust 
because it spread under the coating and you couldn't see it. 

It will also be easier to repair that chipped area with a "touch up" 
of POR-15. You only have to apply the POR-15 to that area to cover 
the chip where as with the Epoxy paint (or any other paint) you would 
have to remove the epoxy from the surrounding area to make sure the 
rust hasn't spread, prep the metal again with some chemical to 
neutrilize the rust then put on a coat of more epoxy paint. Since you 
can paint over rust with the POR-15 (and it will stop the rust), 
there is not that much preping to do on the metal but to just remove 
loose rust. The same goes for Powder coating, if it chips only the 
area exposed will rust but it's not that easy to repair powder 
coating unless you feel like removing your frame again and having re-
powder coated or you can patch that chip with POR-15.

I have had alot responses on this and I thank everyone who did. I 
have read and heard that some people are going to powder their frame 
and there are other who have used and are very satisfied with the POR-
15 results. I am going to use the POR-15 for a number of reasons:

1. It's cheaper and easier (planning a wedding realy hurts the pocket 
for other things).

2. I can do it myself (I am a true "do-it-yourselfer").

3. Easier to repair IF it does chip, and from what I have heard the 
only thing that hurts the POR-15 is Brake fluid.

I'll post my results with pictures on my website when I have 
everything done.

Steve
www.dmcman.homestead.com

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, gonedeaf85@xxxx wrote:
> I'm no genius but from what I understand rust eats away at metal. 
If the 
> paint chips and the frame is exposed, then that area will rust. 
Possibly the 
> rust won't spread under the paint but it will eat the metal and 
produces 
> holes. Those holes will then expose more metal and from there on 
it's a 
> domino effect. I haven't had any experience with POR-15 but I have 
read up 
> on it. My fiancee and I are going to start playing with our frame 
so I am 
> following this thread with great interest. Take care everyone.
> 
> Marni
> VIN 7104