POR 15 Patch

[1973Guppie]

Hi,

was looking for opinions on this product and specifice opinions on using it to fill in some small pinhole rust spots on my 55 project. I am planning on cutting out and replacing the metal everywhere I can BUT there are a few places that are going to be almost impossible to recreate myself and I was thinking of using this to smooth into the metal to cover up the pinhole rust. I know the best solution is always to cut the rust out completely BUT I don't have the cash to pay a body shop to do it nor the skills to recreate some of these complex pieces. Would this suffice and work well for what I am thinking of using it for? The main reason I ask is that on this link:

http://www.por15.com/POR-PATCH?sc=2&category=148

they show it being used at the bottom of the page for exactly the type of repair I was thinking of. I was planning on 1- smoothing this into the pinholes, 2 - let dry, scuff and paint with rattle can self etching primer, 3 - coat of paint at the local el cheapo body shop.

thanks for the help.

Noah

 

[Southeast Overland]

I've got several tubes that I plan on using for similar applications to yours. I'll start using mine this week hopefully and will let you know how it works.

 

[bkg]

Skip it. USed in the past with very poor results.

 

[LukeZero]

I don't have any experience with the rust patch product, but overall I have been very disappointed with POR-15 products.

 

[cruiser88]

My i recommend PPG Coal Cat. Or just search in this site.
http://www.pittsburghpaints.com/car_indcoat/policy.htm
There is much better things out there but you will pay.
I also like some Carboline products.

 

[cruiser88]

http://www.carboline.com/ I know dam well if it will handle a industrail tank ,nevertheless, it will do wonders on a old cruiser.

 

[cruiser88]

http://corporateportal.ppg.com/NR/r...DC2-985F-C558E46A955C/0/PCMXLCLOWGLOSSPDS.pdf

 

[Southeast Overland]

I don't have any experience with the rust patch product, but overall I have been very disappointed with POR-15 products.

What have you been disappointed with? I've used POR extensively on my Piggie with excellent results as long as I follow the prep steps. My Pig's PPO used POR on some areas I'm guessing around 10 years ago and its still there. I'm trying to remove it now to reapply and its a pain in the keister.

 

[cruiser88]

What have you been disappointed with? I've used POR extensively on my Piggie with excellent results as long as I follow the prep steps. My Pig's PPO used POR on some areas I'm guessing around 10 years ago and its still there. I'm trying to remove it now to reapply and its a pain in the keister.

Do you live in a dry area that uses no salt?

 

[Southeast Overland]

Do you live in a dry area that uses no salt?

NO - I live in a wet area that uses some salt in the winters. POR that was applied long ago on my truck has held up decently and it was driven in the mid-west in areas that used tons of salt. Areas of my truck that didn't have any POR applied are r-u-s-t-y. Areas w/ POR are pretty good. I'm just reapplying to get another 10 years out of those decent areas.

Would you elaborate?

 

[cruiser88]

NO - I live in a wet area that uses some salt in the winters. Would you elaborate?

Dont get me wrong i was just wondering, some complain about high moisture areas that uses salt. Our company used it once on cold water pipes at Bayor Material science and it did not last 6 months, nevertheless, the pipes was blasted, zinc was applied. we thought it might have been either the moisture in the wintertime or the humity in the summer.

 

[Southeast Overland]

No worries. I think the key (at least from my personal experience) is that prep must be spot on. I'm not saying that you didn't prep right - just that where I didn't prep the POR didn't stick. If I follow all the prep steps the POR sticks like glue. Where it hasn't stuck is when I apply POR to areas by accident (read I get sloppy). In these areas it won't stick most of the time due to dirt.

With your pipe situation there could have been moisture coming out from the pipes that caused the failure...but that's just a guess.

 

[cruiser88]

No worries. I think the key (at least from my personal experience) is that prep must be spot on. I'm not saying that you didn't prep right - just that where I didn't prep the POR didn't stick. If I follow all the prep steps the POR sticks like glue. Where it hasn't stuck is when I apply POR to areas by accident (read I get sloppy). In these areas it won't stick most of the time due to dirt.

With your pipe situation there could have been moisture coming out from the pipes that caused the failure...but that's just a guess.

Naaa the pipe had been drained and shut down for a week do to the high pressure, but after blasting we always applied PPG Zinc its possible I suppose it does not stick to zinc well.

 

[1973Guppie]

Eventhough,

would appreciate pics when you start using the POR patch and feedback on how you like it to fix pinhole rust.

Anyone else have opinions SPECIFIC to the POR PATCH, how they liked it, what they used it for, etc?

thanks,

Noah

 

[LukeZero]

My poor experience might just be that I didn't prepare everything as well as I should have.

 

[cruiser88]

My input was only a optionbecause the links i gave you such as the PPG Zinc and Coalcat does fill pinholes.

 

[1973Guppie]

hi cruiser88, yes, thank you for the opinion I do appreciate it! did not mean to offend....

noah

 

[AJP]

my comments on POR patch at this link

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=150508

been several months now.. still haven't got around to installing the new pipe ... the POR Patch holding VERY well. Maybe better that the new steel . thicker.. harder ...and rust resistant