<VV> Rust prevention

[Hugo Miller]

Fascinating story about Rustoleum/fish oil. But I use POR-15 to seal 
rust. They make a very good rust treatment which, for some reason, they 
call 'metal prep'. It's a phosphoric acid based solution that works very 
well. And their gloss black paint is just superb for sealing it in. It 
sticks like nothing I have ever known. You can only get the lid off the 
tin once. If you get paint on the rim, you will never prise it off 
again. For that reason they sell packs of small tins. I usually drill a 
hole in the tin then tape over it, then slosh the paint around to seal 
it.
I also use POR-15 as a selaer and adhesive. I just rebuilt a Jaguar XKE 
engine and stuck the core plugs in with POR-15. They make a paste 
version also. I used that to glue the bonnet pull handle onto the shaft 
on my Impala (I think the shaft was threaded but the handle wasn't, or 
something like that - anyway it's still on there).
Incredible stuff. And it brushes on nicely a flows out beautifully to a 
high gloss.

On 2020-06-06 03:18, Jim Becker via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Rust-Oleum paint has been around for nearly 100 years.  It was (maybe
> still is?) a fish oil based product.  There are other rust stopping 
> or
> rust conversion products that have been developed in the last hundred
> years. Extend was pretty good product until they thickened it up to
> where it wouldn't run into cracks.  Besides doing rust conversion, it
> is paintable.
>
> The folklore on Rust-Oleum always said you couldn't paint over it.  I
> never tried.
>
> Jim Becker
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Colin via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2020 9:07 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject:  Rust prevention
>
> A few people have done google searches looking for "fish oil" and 
> only come
> up with medical supplements and assumed my comments were some sort of 
> prank.
>
> The medical/health supplements are all tablets as far as I am aware.
>
> It is no prank. The is the product you should be looking for is a 
> liquid as
> per following
>
> 
> https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/export-export-fish-oil---400g/1556.html
>
> If you don't believe its for real, find some, give it a shot and see 
> for
> yourself. Cost is not very much.
>
> If you do the bottom of door treatment the liquid in a tin will be 
> more
> practical than a spray can.
>
> Colin LYNN #28299
>
> Perth, Western Australia
>
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