Rust Inhibitor/Encapsulation

[WileE]

That what I heard as well….. Has to be applied directly to the rust. My son and I are not building a Barrett Jackson vehicle but we are doing a complete frame off new nut and bolt, bare metal rebuild on this vehicle. So, for us or this particular build, por is not right for this application.

For sure. My approach to rust is simple... remove it.

 

[1967coronet]

I can drive one town over and go to the mom and pop auto store and get Chassis Saver paint.
Anyone tried this one?
I am not doing a car, but a few sections on my tow rig that were line-x'd came off in a small sheet on the side of the frame rail and I want to cover them up again as this is WI.
Frame is "clean" in that it is not scaly rust, but I don;t want to, nor can I really, remove all rust in this instance so I wanted to try something I could apply with a brush to touch up.

I looked at POR15 and they suggest the rust converter they sell and then apply the paint. But then they also say it is not UV resistant, so you have to apply a UV resist top coat of some type. That was all news to me, never used to advertise that, but it is right on their web page now. Too many products and bother for me forwhat I want to do. Chassis Saver from what the immense wisdom of the internet says works good and is simply "wire brush, wipe, paint".
But I trust B-bodies only more then the internet in general

We had it on hand at our shop.
We bought ours from Arnold's Motor Supply .
We used it on car trailers , steel flat beds , stock trailers ect. It held up pretty good considering what life the trailers lived.

 

[Brewzer67]

Corroseal and Rust Bullet, can these be brushed on?

I have pitting on exterior panels, as well as in sections where the stainless trim is inset into the quarter.

I can't speak to Corroseal but Rust Bullet can be painted on. I have used it multiple times in the past 15 years with 100% success and zero re-failing/re-rusting. As long as you get the bigger chunk stuff removed and paint out to reasonably clean metal, it will hold up almost indefinitely. You can also apply it with a gun as well but know that it will likely ruin your tip and pickup. The can will be incredibly hard to clean as well and should be done asap after spraying. Do not spray and leave any in the gun for anything over 15 minutes or so because it gets crazy hard to clean up after that. Work in small batches.

 

[matthon]

Corroseal and SEM Rust-Mort, Eastwood Rust Encapsulator and Rust Bullet, these products seem the same to me.
Many products, if not all, are manufactured by the same companies and sold at different prices with different names and labels through different online and brick & mortar stores.
No duh, right?

The only difference, I surmise, is the temperature/humidity conditions, preparation done by the individual, and how well or just how one applies it.

I just bought the Harbor Freight version of the Eastwood Contour SCT and it is the exact same tool, except the Eastwood is more $, only comes with 1 120 grit drum, Bauer comes with 3, and it has to be shipped where the Bauer is at the store.

So I would like to use the Corroseal, just to try it, but the SEM is at my local store and I have more Eastwood Encapsulator left, so I'll probably go with that.

Call me stupid or lazy or both, but just looking at the Eastwood Encapsulator, I've used it multiple times and only had an issue when I did not apply it thoroughly, or prep carefully, and did not top coat it.

 

[1STMP]

I am trying to find a proven product that has work for you.
I want to, will be sealing an entire frame and body. I do plan on using an epoxy primer coat over the sealer then the final paint color and clear applied. I do not want to spend a ton of hours and money prepping the vehicle just to have the sealer fail.
Everything is being brought down to bare metal. The frame will only go so far so there will be a bit of rust left. Even with taking it down to bare metal there is still a chance of unseen rust not completely removed on the body as well.
The frame and underside of the vehicle will also be painted in matching colors. No black on the underside.

Mastercoat Silver Permanent Rust Sealer is harder to purchase than a ride on a NASA rocket at this point. Every product they offer is out of stock and the new order fill dates come and go with no new products available.
I did a lot of research and Mastercoat product(s) was the fit I was looking for but its impossible to get. I do not want to use PRO15 due to the mutable reviews and testes done that shows PRO15 holds moister under to coating causing rust to come back.
Eastwood offers such products but, I cannot find an honest review. It always leads back to an Eastwood employee saying how good it is.

Any suggestions, experiences and proven results on your vehicles sealers is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, PoB.

Sprayed my cab and hood
after sandblast with PPG
DP50.
Many years of transport
and exposed to humid and
dry environments before a
primer. This stuff has held
up extremely well. No rust,
and no complaints.