touching up chassis paint
 

I have the cab portion of my 2" body lift done. Yesterday, I pulled the bed off, instead of just lifting it (needed to replace tire carrier and fuel pump bracket).
There are a couple of spots on the frame that I would like to touch up with some spraypaint while the bed is off. It's just some surface rust that I could clean with a wire brush or small sand blaster that I bought.

I would like to do the whole frame in POR15, but I need this truck to be my DD, and I think that will take too long.

Does POR15 come in a spray can? I looked on their site and didn't see it. Would something like Rustoleum be good. I'm in the Northeast where they use salt on the roads :chair: so some thing durable would be good.

Thanks.

Use some of that rubberized underbody spray stuff.

Rob

spray on truck bed coating

http://www.duplicolor.com/gallery/ga...n_truckbed.jpg

Why use a spray, if it's just the frame a brush or roller would be better. Get most of the rust off, apply some POR15 and then a coat of Rustoleum or Tremclad.

Honestly, POR15 is the way to go. It doesn't really take any longer than paint to set up, and rolls on pretty quickly. It's expensive, but it's a quality product. Knock most of the rust off with a wire brush attachment on a drill, clean it good with brake cleaner, and roll it on. After it dries, hit it with bedliner or paint or whatever. It'll never rust again.

Don't get it on your hands, though.

Also Check out Eastwood products. They're comparable product is call Rust Encapsulator. It comes in a spray can, or a brush on quart/gallon. It does not have the UV issues that POR15 has. I used it on my frame off rebuild, then followed up with chassis black.

I did the entire frame with both products in a day.

I just did this to my truck about 3 months ago. Super happy with the results.

The truck bed lining material and similar products flake off to easily.

Por15 is the way to go if you want to seal it up.


Before.....

http://www.xcelluploader.com//files/...forepaint2.jpg


After.

http://www.xcelluploader.com//files/...a/painted2.jpg

I was thinking about getting this to try on the rear half of the frame. http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=SSK&dept=11
If I do the entire frame and later decide to do a SAS, can I remove it to weld stuff on then paint just where I did the work?

It shouldn't be too hard to do the whole frame, I have the bed off and the engine out. I'll need to pull the drivetrain and cab, plus the little stuff bolted to the frame. I need to ask my friend first (the truck is in his garage).