POR 15 or RustBullit you decide
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No other company or product expressly shows how there products handle the ALL the USA federal government’s rust prevention and control testing standards.
All coatings used by the Feds Navy Air force Marines etc have to be tested in order to be purchased and used by the Government.
This company shows you how there product handled the tests against others in the same group how does your coating compare?http://www.rustbullet.com/video.asp
Theres over 30 diffrent tests listed with the results compared to other simmular products which one are you going to use on your next project
I did that Frame on the B2 in Por15 and Lined over it.
Later on down the road the truck got a Power Steering leak.
The power steering fluid didn’t touch the liner, but it stripped the por15 right off behind it… resistant to power steering fluid my ass.I haven’t bought an ounce of the stuff since. Pissed me off.
I still have a bit of it around the shop. But I think I’m going to switch off to Zero rust. Seem to get just as much protection for a lot less of the cost.Only place I use the stuff is as a Rust Prevention behind panels. And that’s just about it. If it’s visible I use epoxy.
And the only reason I use it there is because there is no mixing all I’ve got to do is brush it on.In a lot of situations the Zero rust seems to be holding up better anyways.
I have checked out all three products the only one to post the results of the testing is Rust bullet.
The only reason a company would do so would be to get sell there product to the military like the Navy for there ships Iron ships constant salt water spray = RUST
The only product that comes close to Rust Bullet is Waster why would you not want the best coating possible on a restoration? :wak
I’ve only ever used POR 15…I find it is really sensitive to surface preparation. When I first started to use it, I did have a number of surface failures. It seems to like it if the surface is NOT smooth. Even if it is sanded or ground smooth, you have to use the metal prep to etch the surface. Then you have no problems. That said, I’m contacting my local supplier to see if they can get me in some of this stuff to test.
Here’s my engine finished in POR-15 products.
[img]http://www.calgaryvolvoclub.com/gallery/d/14434-2/HPIM0766.JPG[/img][b]Doright wrote:[/b]
[quote]I have checked out all three products the only one to post the results of the testing is Rust bullet.The only reason a company would do so would be to get sell there product to the military like the Navy for there ships Iron ships constant salt water spray = RUST
The only product that comes close to Rust Bullet is Waster why would you not want the best coating possible on a restoration? :wak[/quote]
The real question is what do you define as the best coating?
I haven’t personally used Rust bullet.
But in all honesty. I’ve found Industrial Enamels that work just as good as Por15.
Lets also note that Epoxy has passed all of these tests. it was originally developed for the bottom of ships.
These companies get you with advertising.
And you can use their advertising in your favor.
But I’ll be honest. The products aren’t all they claim, in fact I wouldn’t claim they are even remotely better than basic epoxy.
That’s not to say in certain situations I wouldn’t choose it over Epoxy.But my point is don’t get over sucked into it.
I did. And in all honesty, in the end all it did was cost me more money then it had to.And yes. Por15 is a real pita. Yes it can cover rust. But that is the only thing it likes to cover… You can peel that stuff off of anything that isn’t treated with Metal prep.
Which is sort of asinine in my opinion, just because nobody is going to be covering absolute rust… If something is completely pitted 100% chances are it’s too far gone to fix.I have to agree with you a 100%
I have spent a good part of the day going through all the posted BS on 3 of them all in fine print talk about Epoxy being equal or superior but they lead the buyer in saying Epoxies are hard to work with hard to repair etc… What a bunch of BS
I wonder who’s Epoxy is rated Best now that would be very interesting
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