At 12:11 AM +0100 3/6/02, Robert Steven Fish wrote:
>I thought the whole beauty of these new miracle chemicals, was that they do
>not even like to have bare metal... they like to be painted onto RUST!!!

There are two POR-15 products in the "kit" that I got from them.  The
first part was an etcher; the second was the paint that most people
are referring to when they talk of POR-15.  You can buy the paint
separately.

I get skeptical when the marketing for a product claims one can just
paint over rust and be done with it.  (The POR in POR-15 stands for
Paint Over Rust, BTW).  The POR-15 instructions are very clear that
the etcher must be used BEFORE using the POR-15 paint.

I don't think the etcher "pre-rusts" the metal at all, FWIW.  It's an
etcher. I'd be pretty confident there isn't any voodoo mojo in it.
I'd bet it's just like any of the other etchers one can buy in any
auto body supply (FLABS) store in the world.

But hey, I could be wrong.  Whatever's in the stuff, it's tough, and
it's worked very well for me.

Watch for that voodoo mojo.

T.

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