King of Sting 1970 Mach 1: POR15 Application

Jan 2013

Rust removal and rust protection is key when rebuilding and old auto, it doesn’t matter what kind of car it is. There are several products out there that are available to the consumer for rust protection, I chose to use POR15 solely based on the opinion of others I have talked to and their experiences with previous use of the product. This resto won’t be seeing much moisture anyway. I plan on driving the car, but never in any sort of weather.

We have been applying POR15 for several months now. So far the POR15 has been a great product to use, easy, simple to apply and seemingly very efficient at what it does. We have used it almost everywhere on the car except for outside panels that will be painted with color. The entire underside and the inside areas have been coated, also parts that will be bolted back on have had an application as well. We have used 1” throw away brushes and 2” foam rollers to apply all the POR15. Larger flat areas were perfect for the foam rollers while the smaller, tighter areas had to have brushes to complete the coverage. It can be sprayed as well but we were always applying as we worked in smaller areas so the brushes and rollers fit the job more appropriately for us.

After trying to sand blast some of it off a few parts that were mistakenly coated I am very confident that nothing that happens in the lifetime of this car will allow any rust to rear its ugly head again. This stuff is one very tough product.

These are just a few of the applied areas, there are several other parts that have been coated that are waiting on their turn to be painted and put back on the car.