From the pasture; The valiant story of my '66 Valiant
Now the very next day, I went back! Hard to believe aint it? Yep, thought so. Seam sealer and primer dry, now its time to unleash the big dogs.
Now lots of people believe in this product, that product, etc, oh Masterseries is the best, yadda yadda. For me, POR15 is the greatest rust encapuslator I have ever used, hands down. The problem is, that POR15 is permanent. (And $50 bucks a quart, but I digress)
But Kirk, that’s what we want dummy. Permanent rust proofers!
Yeah, but not on your hands, arms, and forehead. Forehead? Yep. Once I was lying under a car, doing my rust encapsulating thing, when a mouse ran by. I jerked, hit my forehead on the bottom of the VW I was sealing, BAM. One black, permanent smudge on my forehead. I literally had to take light sandpaper and get it off. Then go to work, and listen to a buncha silly asses who think they are super funny, asking me how I got a rug burn on my forehead. Nyuck nyuck nyuck. Go play golf or something, I got work to do.
Hoping to avoid a forehead smear, and the subsequent mockery this time, I gathered up again, a very very specific set of high end specific tools*.
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*well they get the job done, anyway
Not pictured are my goggles, respirator and throw away protective suit. Now another thing I use pretty frequently, and catch hell for is this, the fiberglass mesh. I usually use it over areas with pin holes, and have had absolutely wonderful success. In case anyone wants to copy my hillbilly ways, what I do is put the POR15 out, press the mesh in, and coat it again. When it dries, I coat it again. Then I coat the bottom. Once it dries, it's hard like steel. I've used it before and I'll use it again. It's not stupid if it works, and this works great if you can't, or don’t want to replace the floors because it's just a buncha little holes. Trust me it works.
So after a stiff brushing of the whole floor, then a very thorgough vacuuming, its time to get started. Once you start rolling this stuff out, you can't really stop, and take your gloves off, etc. You gotta commit and get it done. So I made sure I took a leak first, got a swing of water, scratched my nose and everything else I needed to touch before I was wearing this stuff. Away we go!
Covering pinholes.
I also laid on my back and did the bottoms, everywhere I could reach. By this time, I had decided that maybe my respirator wasn’t doing as well as I thought, as my head was swimming and I was pretty sure I was seeing things. I climb out carefully, because my bad *** Clorox gloves are coated, and my paint roller is used up. But it's coated, coated again, and coated well. If this rusts again in my lifetime, I would be realllllllllllly surprised. It’s the most solid thing on my car I'm pretty sure. And I'm proud of how they look. Why you ask? Hides my shitty welds, and my stellar grinding. Now, looking at my floors, you would think I was a damn professional. I mean, probably not, but its good enough for the girls I go with.
Between the heat and the fumes, I may be delirious.
Gloves off, respirator off, suit off, all into the trash! Now to leave that to cure, so I can later reinstall the interior. Maybe. My back seat cover is pretty poor, so I need to research that, or find me a snazzy Mexican blanket. Haha
Until next time constant reader, be careful what fumes you inhale in the shop, because this unicorn standing in the corner eating a pastrami sandwich and barking at me is an asshole. I don’t wish that one anyone.
Also, can you get a DWI on paint fumes? Asking for a friend.
Now the very next day, I went back! Hard to believe aint it? Yep, thought so. Seam sealer and primer dry, now its time to unleash the big dogs.
Now lots of people believe in this product, that product, etc, oh Masterseries is the best, yadda yadda. For me, POR15 is the greatest rust encapuslator I have ever used, hands down. The problem is, that POR15 is permanent. (And $50 bucks a quart, but I digress)
But Kirk, that’s what we want dummy. Permanent rust proofers!
Yeah, but not on your hands, arms, and forehead. Forehead? Yep. Once I was lying under a car, doing my rust encapsulating thing, when a mouse ran by. I jerked, hit my forehead on the bottom of the VW I was sealing, BAM. One black, permanent smudge on my forehead. I literally had to take light sandpaper and get it off. Then go to work, and listen to a buncha silly asses who think they are super funny, asking me how I got a rug burn on my forehead. Nyuck nyuck nyuck. Go play golf or something, I got work to do.
Hoping to avoid a forehead smear, and the subsequent mockery this time, I gathered up again, a very very specific set of high end specific tools*.
View attachment 1715589668
*well they get the job done, anyway
Not pictured are my goggles, respirator and throw away protective suit. Now another thing I use pretty frequently, and catch hell for is this, the fiberglass mesh. I usually use it over areas with pin holes, and have had absolutely wonderful success. In case anyone wants to copy my hillbilly ways, what I do is put the POR15 out, press the mesh in, and coat it again. When it dries, I coat it again. Then I coat the bottom. Once it dries, it's hard like steel. I've used it before and I'll use it again. It's not stupid if it works, and this works great if you can't, or don’t want to replace the floors because it's just a buncha little holes. Trust me it works.
So after a stiff brushing of the whole floor, then a very thorgough vacuuming, its time to get started. Once you start rolling this stuff out, you can't really stop, and take your gloves off, etc. You gotta commit and get it done. So I made sure I took a leak first, got a swing of water, scratched my nose and everything else I needed to touch before I was wearing this stuff. Away we go!
Covering pinholes.
I also laid on my back and did the bottoms, everywhere I could reach. By this time, I had decided that maybe my respirator wasn’t doing as well as I thought, as my head was swimming and I was pretty sure I was seeing things. I climb out carefully, because my bad *** Clorox gloves are coated, and my paint roller is used up. But it's coated, coated again, and coated well. If this rusts again in my lifetime, I would be realllllllllllly surprised. It’s the most solid thing on my car I'm pretty sure. And I'm proud of how they look. Why you ask? Hides my shitty welds, and my stellar grinding. Now, looking at my floors, you would think I was a damn professional. I mean, probably not, but its good enough for the girls I go with.
Between the heat and the fumes, I may be delirious.
Gloves off, respirator off, suit off, all into the trash! Now to leave that to cure, so I can later reinstall the interior. Maybe. My back seat cover is pretty poor, so I need to research that, or find me a snazzy Mexican blanket. Haha
Until next time constant reader, be careful what fumes you inhale in the shop, because this unicorn standing in the corner eating a pastrami sandwich and barking at me is an asshole. I don’t wish that one anyone.
Also, can you get a DWI on paint fumes? Asking for a friend.
