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Frame restoration slowly begining in RI

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I've used the full Eastwood treatment on my aft frame last summer and the floorboards last winter. The Rust Encapsulator (aerosol) goes on evenly but kinda thin but dries pretty quickly.

The Chassis Black (also aerosol) is a bit more tempermental. When it was hot out last June (~85 in the garage) while I was working on the aft frame around the differential, I had no problem with it curing to the touch within a hour or so and fully cured within a day or so. Early this spring, when I was working on my floorboards and barely able to keep the garage (and floorboards) at the Eastwood minimum temperature of 70 I had to be careful to apply relatively thin coats (it wants to go on pretty thick) and it still took FOREVER (4-5 days!) to get even touch dry even with heat lamps on it. So when Eastwood says that the air AND surface temp must be at least 70, they really mean it and I'd recommend even warmer than that.

I'm going to use their stuff again this winter when I refurb the front and rear suspensions and I am already working provisions to keep the (thankfully smaller this time) work areas warm.

Ken
 
Paul,

I have had great results with the POR 15 products, and just finished a front suspension rebuild that included painting some of the frame. I used a first coat of POR 15 (semi-gloss black) as a "primer", followed by a coat of Chassis Black after the POR 15 dries for about 90 minutes and is still tacky. No brush marks...dries very quickly, and very hard. Also, the Marine Clean and Metal Ready products work as advertised. With either product line you use, make sure you have an extra can of the solvent on hand for clean-up...

Cheers

Mg
 
Jackag's right about the Eastwood Rust Encapsulator, I've been painting a lot of parts over the weekend and it dried very fast, almost seems as if it's drying as your painting. Results in a lot of brushmarks in the paint. Maybe it's the heat in Texas. Opposite for their chassis black which so far has taken more than 24 hours to dry...

Myles
 
All of the drying comments that I heard were about the chassis black, not the encapsulator, so that confirms those issues.
 
Good project. Why are you starting now when there is still a good amount of driving time left in the season? But then, if you start now, you may get some driving time in before the snow flies.
Enjoy.
My favorite time to drive is when the leaves are changing color and just beginning to fall from the trees...It almost holds me over until Spring.
 
Doug,

I'm planning the frame for the first week of November. That way I can enjoy the good weather remaining and whatever happens after that is fine with me.

The head will probably be done next weekend and re-torqued when the frame is done.
 
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