Rubbercoat

[Steve_D]

Been looking for a replacement for Carlife Rubbercoat which has disappeared from the Kitcar scene.
For those who don't know, it is used under the wheel arches to stop stones from causing star cracks in the gel coat.
Rubbercoat was as described, it dried to form a skin having about the same properties as car inner tube rubber and worked really well.
I have found a product called 'Rooflex' made by Ruberoid and is used to repair cracked tar and felt type roofs.
It does not produce the same rubber type properties but is more like 'Bluetack' you can pull it and tear it like ‘Bluetack' and stick it back together.
Cost me £15.76 for 2.5 Litre so not a bad price.
Paints on and brushes clean in water (Another bonus).
Just thought I would pass it on, as I knew Bluesatin for one was also looking for Rubbercoat.
Steve

[gdr]

Could be worth a try. I was thinking a 2mm coating of Sikaflex 221 would be best for wheel arches although kind of expensive and not exactly what the worlds most useful substance in a tube was designed for.

[jschwartz]

All the Street Rod guys in the US that are using fibreglass repro fenders have the underside coated by a pick-up truck bedliner company, Rhino lining or others. It's a permanent tough rubbery coating that is sprayed on hot, doesn't damage the paint or glass despite the heat. Real tough stuff, picture a construction worker throwing bricks into the back of a truck without damaging it. I priced it out recently after a couple of stones nearly went through my rear archs. $130 / corner.

[brammo]

For what it's worth...

Depending on the color of your car, and how finicky you are about color differntiations, you might find that undercoating only the fender wells will darken those parts of the car. We ran into this on the first Can AM we did and realized if we undercoated anything, be sure you undercoat it all. It is less opaque than plain black paint.

Also be sure you don't undercoat where you want to glue something later, like grills or carpet. Nasty stuff to get off once applied!

Craig
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[USCANAM]

We had the fuel tanks coated by a bed liner company.
http://home.attbi.com/~rosenracing2/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-574465.html
Normal thickness is about 1/4", but we told him to go thinner, as the material can get heavy.
As Craig stated about the undercoating changing the color of the paint, we used an epoxy the same color as the car.
http://home.attbi.com/~rosenracing3/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-592194.html
Jack