chassis paint

[kev bonnar]

planning to go down the body off route after the soft top season and was wondering if anyone had tried anything apart from hammerite to paint their chassis.done a test area on the rear suspention about three months ago and it looks like its starting to come off already,even after taking it back to the metal.sorry if this has been talked to death before but im fairly new to the s experience so any advise is most welcome!
cheers
kev

[kev bonnar]

thanks for the advice guys.did rub it down to bare metal but never used an undercoat.it says on the tin just to put it on the metal but i suppose the thicker the protection the better.will give this a go when my car becomes a pile of bits in the winter!
cheers


>> Edited by kev bonnar on Wednesday 26th June 17:06

[kev bonnar]

jas, thats the kind of thing i was thinking about.stands to reason that the paint used to protect things like a lorry chassis or even boats should be pretty good stuff. ill be interested to hear about the results. even thought about trying to find out what kind of paint they are using on the forth bridge!!!
cheers

[kev bonnar]

cheers mike thats the kind of thing im looking for.not too expensive either.will do a bit of looking this weekend and see if anyone in tayside can do this for me! also jim had a look at the rust website,that looks likr=e good stuff too. im trying to avoid the forth bridge scenario,once ive had the chassis done hopefully i wont have to start again when im finished!

[kev bonnar]

mike, is this por15 suitable for just painting on or do you have to do any special prep to the metal first?

[kev bonnar]

cheers,just had a look at the website,this stuff looks like the d.b's. very impressive!

>> Edited by kev bonnar on Monday 1st July 19:27