Re: (ET) How much POR-15?

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 17 Jun 2006 at 18:24, Chris Tromley wrote:

> When I had mine sandblasted it came back with some rust still present.
>  I assumed that wouldn't be a problem because POR-15 is supposed to
> encapsulate and adhere to rust just fine. 

That's what they claim.  In fact they say it adheres >better< to rust than 
to bare metal.  What they may have neglected to mention is the quality of 
the adhesion between the rust and the steel.

> Sure enough,
> after cleaning the schmutz out of there I found plenty of little rust
> pits in the POR-15.

I remember now your posting that.  With the belly mowers, cleaning isn't 
as 
easy as with the front-mount mowers, and I'd really like to have something 
that can deal with damp grass sitting on it for a while.

Maybe POR-15 isn't quite as durable as they claim, and a nice hard 
two-part 
topcoat would be in order after all. 

Thanks for the response!


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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