"What is "acid etching rust converter?"

I use the brand "Oxysolve RUST CONVERTER" its
basically Zinc Phosphate with other stuff. the sales
rep told me It has acid that eats little pits into the
metal and gives the metal more of a tooth for paint to
hold/adhere to better.
Oxysolve also sells "Degreaser+Rust remover" I like to
use this to degrease the metal.

After some detective work I found out the company
POR-15 buys these Oxysolve products from Oxysolve and
then paste their own POR-15 "Metal ready" sticker on
it and charge 12.95 for a 20 oz. bottle! Not me, I buy
Oxysolve for $4.00

84' Westy "Millenium Falcon"

--- developtrust wrote:
> What is "acid etching rust converter?" I've never
> heard of it. What does it
> do that Naval jelly won't do?
>
> By the way, why not powder coat the panel?
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>
> Subject: Re: Flaking paint on stove control panel
> discussion
>
>
> > " It seems it
> > more of a coating than a paint job on the panel."
> >
> > Oh you are so right, the rust when found runs so
> deep,
> > its useless to try to treat an isolated spot. Ive
> > found the only way to restore this panel is:
> > 1) Remove panel and use paint remover to scrape
> ALL of
> > the old paint off.
> > 2) coat the bare metal with an acid etching rust
> > converter
> > 3) Degrease
> > 4) paint with POR-15 paint-(follow the
> instructions)
> > 5) lightly sand with 200 grit (take the shine off)
> > 6) Top-coat with enamel of your choice.(id use
> epoxy)
> >
> > Should last another 10-15 years or until we are
> forced
> > to turn in our smog-mobiles for ozone safe flying
> > saucers.
> >
> > Phil
> > 84 Westy "Millenium Falcon"
> >
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