Piston Broke Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Advice please on the best way to treat a chassis during restoration. Having read the pros and cons I've decided against powder coating, mainly due to the prospect of rust creeping under the coating. What therefore is the best way to treat the chassis before applying the top coat of camo paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonb Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I have had good results in the past using either household Dulux (Landrover chassis) or Finegans garage door paint. Dulux is designed for wood so has some "give" it as does the gargae door paint. Overcoat either with you cam paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attleej Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 In my experience, the best thing to do it to blast clean the chassis and have it primed immediately. Then it is just a case of making sure that the subsequent coats are compatible. If you look at my Scammell Contractor chassis (which is now at Capel) you will see that although it was blasted about 17 years ago, it is still quite good even where it has had some insults. Most importantly, the rust does not seem to travel under the paint. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) Providing it is applied correctly this is a very good product. It is effectively a resin coating so providing it does not peel off nothing will penetrate the coating. I have used it on the inside of AFV's which run with moisture during the winter. POR-15 Rust Prevention Paints & Coatings | Frost Auto Edited June 26, 2023 by REME 245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 I've used a lot of the built hamber range on a few different projects, and the electric primer is frankly amazing: https://bilthamber.com/product/electrox/ Always does very well in tests, and if you overcoat it with their 2 part epoxy it's about the best short of hot dip galvanizing it... https://bilthamber.com/product/epoxy-mastic/ I used it the two on my old Porsche 944 sills, not a sign of rust right up until it got written off in a car park by a wayward honda civic 7 years later! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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