Chipped Chassis Touch Up

[NuddyRap]

After a bit of work at the weekend, I noticed that one of my axle stands, just the one, has chipped away the paint and powder coat at the base of where the outrigger joins to the chassis box section on my off side front.

In doing so, it has revealed abput an inch and a half of pristine bare metal, which I obviously need to cover up again as soon as possible. To say I'm annoyed would be an understatement.

I have ordered a POR15 three stage treatment kit to be hopefully quite sure of laying down a decent foundation over which to paint again, but it will arrive before the self etching primer that I am supposed to use first, which is also quite annoying...

My questions for all of you kind people, after a long time of searching the interweb and not finding specific answers to try and find out what I should do are as follows:

1) How do you clean and dry the metal best? It has nothing more than atmospheric moisture on it at the moment and perhaps a bit of oil, but after reading possibly hysterical posts about rust starting the instant bare metal meets the air, I feel like being careful and getting it as clean as possible before it meets a brush.

2) As an intermediary step until my POR15 and primer arrive, would it be prudent or stupid to dob on a coat of straight to metal Hammerite, just so as there is something there? I don't want to leave it bare for a week, especially as I need to drive it this weekend.

Suffice to say, when I get chance I'll be checking, POR15ing and painting every bit of chassis I can reach.

Aaagh!

[pmessling]

Nothing wrong with hammerite. And as its only a week a blob would be fine. Should stop and moisture getting under the rest of the powder coat.

As for your axle stands. Wrap the tops.

[Jhonno]

pmessling said:

Nothing wrong with hammerite. And as its only a week a blob would be fine. Should stop and moisture getting under the rest of the powder coat.

As for your axle stands. Wrap the tops.

I put old socks over mine..

[Twinkam]

Jhonno said:

pmessling said:

Nothing wrong with hammerite. And as its only a week a blob would be fine. Should stop and moisture getting under the rest of the powder coat.

As for your axle stands. Wrap the tops.

I put old socks over mine..

Doesn't that make their kilts dirty?

[NuddyRap]

I do love my car, but sacrificing socks is a big ask.

Granted, socks are cheaper than POR15, but POR doesn't have the same potential to keep things warm as socks...

[Byker28i]

POR do a marine clean which degreases and preps the surface ready.

[NuddyRap]

That marine clean was in the parcel that arrived. Result!

So I don;t need the hammerite.

I'll post on here to say what I think of the kit. Fortunately there are only a few patches and spots to take care of on the chassis.

Thanks all.

[Jhonno]

I just did some touch up of mine using this..

http://www.rust.co.uk/epoxy-mastic-rust-proofing-p...

Certainly applied better than POR15 and has had very good reviews.