<VV> Por 15 questions

[Greg Hanlin]

I have recently done a couple of trunks using the gray Por 15 and then 
splatter paint over them.  I had no issues with the splatter paint sticking 
directly to the Por 15.  I found that the gray made an excellent color base 
coat for the gray and white splatter as well.  A semi-gloss or flat would 
have been better I think, but they only make the gray in gloss.

I used to do trunks with Rustoleum rusty metal primer (brownish rust color) 
and you really had to lay on the splatter paint to make sure the primer was 
all covered.  You can use a much lighter coat with the gray Por 15.

I am really impressed with the Por 15 products - having recently painted two 
trunks and the complete underside of a '65 convertible with it.  It is 
nearly impossible to remove after it is cured - I tried to sandblast it off 
a couple of brake backing plates  without much success.

Greg Hanlin
Dayton  OH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry and jan B" <deaconone at teleweb.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 7:32 AM
Subject: <VV> Por 15 questions


> Hi,
>
> Hoping there is someone here with some experience using Por 15. I have a 
> couple of questions.
>
> 1) They recommend using Por15 self etching primer b/4 top coating. Does 
> anyone know if you can use ANY self etching primer or must you use the the 
> one from Por?
>
> 2) Has anyone tried top coating w/out using the primer? I tried a small 
> area over the por 15 and the paint seemed to stick quite well.  (trunk 
> speckle paint)
>
> Kerry Borgne 1963 Spyder convertible
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