What Paint To USe On Undercarriage (1 Viewer)

[goodtwin]

What paint are you guys using on the undercarriage, Axles etc.
I am rebuilding my axles and need a durable black paint to make them look good. I live in Colorado so we don't salt, but they do put down the de-icer stuff.
Any recomendations?
Thanks.

 

[hicruise55]

POR-15 a little on the spendy side but you will NEVER have to do it agian, or even think about it! And DO wear gloves! A friend of mine ended up looking like a Dalmatian! Search POR-15 or check out POR15.com

 

[82-SOA-60]

POR-15 a little on the spendy side but you will NEVER have to do it agian, or even think about it! And DO wear gloves! A friend of mine ended up looking like a Dalmatian! Search POR-15 or check out POR15.com

Por-15 is what I will be using eventually.
I have heard to keep it away from your hootus.


When I first got my rig I just painted it with semi gloss rustolem and it worked just fine. After I spent many hours of degreasing the under carriage of course.

 

[Stumpalama]

Eastwood company http://www.eastwoodco.com/ sells Rust Encapsulator (formerly Corroless) and Chassis black. I used these on my frame off resto 6 years ago and it still looks great. The chassis black is a high solids aerosol and is the best spray can paint I've ever used. You'll use up all the paint before you use up the air.
HTH
Good luck

 

[5280Hawk]

I've been using Rustoleum High performance Enamel Flat black. chrome can at Home Depot -

 

[fj40forlife]

what i use to...

 

[Rigger]

For Hawk

Dang, that axle is clean. Mine's a greasy mess. I'd like to do that POR-15, but it sounds like a lotta work. Maybe I'll do the Rustoleum like you've done.

 

[goodtwin]

I think that I'm gonna go for the POR 15. That stuff looks pretty awesome and it seems like a good product. Any idea how much POR 15 I would probably need for 2 axles, 4 spring packs and various steering parts? I figure that a quart would do the job, right?
I've done the rustoleum way befor and it just didn't seem to hold up in the long run. Or maybe I just didn't prep very well.

 

[Stumpalama]

The only issue I see with POR-15, and I've used it too, is it dries really hard... like a candy shell. It is difficult to topcoat if your thinking of touch-ups and all. it is a great product, but I've found Zero Rust a little easier to work with.