[ironbrad]

first coat of por-15 blackcote we put on by hand. it took an hour with 3 people doing it. waited 24hrs, and sprayed on another coat in about 30 minutes. harbor freight has a paint sprayer on sale for $16. bought that, filled it up with blackcote, and started spraying. had the whole frame sprayed in under 20 minutes.

mr recommendation from my limited experience: SPRAY SPRAY SPRAY the por-15 blackcote on the frame. it was much easier, and went on much smoother not to mention it took a lot less time.

thanks
-Brad

 

[Whitby Motorcars]

I just saw Tim Mundy's car, and he sprayed POR-15 , it looked great. I have never been real pleasesd with the brush on results. If you're not going to powder coat, spraying looks great.
Jeff
www.whitbymotorcars.com

 

[LIPRIPPER]

I have always been under the impression that spraying por15 is a no, no. This is from the manufactuer and from the forum. So whats the real story???

See Ya.

Jeff E.

 

[ironbrad]

spray, spray, and spray. at least with the blackcote stuff that goes over paint. this stuff looks pretty solid so far. i'll let you know 12 months from now how it's doing.

you DEFINITELY want to spray this stuff on. (have I made my point yet?)

-Brad

 

[Jeff Hamilton]

I will never spray POR-15 again! I looked like the Lone Ranger for a week. It is still on the garage floor. I put down plastic but it was on my shoes and it went every where I did.
Jeff Hamilton

 

[andy dunn]

Originally posted by J-MAN:
[QB]I have always been under the impression that spraying por15 is a no, no. This is from the manufactuer and from the forum. So whats the real story???QB]

on the PO15 blackcote site, it says in the FAQ

Application: Brush or Spray

and for regular POR15 they write

It can be brushed, rolled, sprayed, squeegeed, or troweled

 

[LIPRIPPER]

Thanks for the correction Andy, I'm not sure why I thought that. However it does sound like a real mess that should be sprayed very carfully and with all available safety equipment.

See Ya

Jeff E.

[ August 10, 2002, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: J-MAN ]

 

[ironbrad]

it's really not that big of a mess. just use some common sense, wear a respirator and googles, wear clothes you dont care about, and go have fun. I put my frame on a rolling cart from harborfreight, pushed it outside, put it back on the jack stands, and went at it. I'll take a picture of it later today and post it.

having done it both by hand and by spray, i highly recommend the spray approach over the by hand approach. i actually got quite a bit messier doing it by hand than when i sprayed it. SPRAYING IS THE WAY TO GO!

-brad

 

[Chuck Robertson]

What do you mean that you got messy? We heard that your girlfreind did most of the painting.

 

[ironbrad]

lol..yeah she did quite a bit of painting, in fact she did most of the rear of the frame. now if i could only get her to powder coat too...

-b

 

[Ozona]

Be careful with that POR stuff and a sprayer.

Make sure the breathing aparatus that you have is certified for isocyanates! (perhaps I misspelled that.)

The breather products @ Home Depot (at least here locally) are NOT certified for Isocyanates in paint.

FYI.

 

[andy dunn]

Hey Ozona

I'm not positive, but I don't think POR15 is an isocyanate. I tried finding reference to it on the por15 website but had no luck. I think isocyanate paints are made up of two parts, which are mixed just before you spray?

I stand corrected...just found this on their site

http://www.por15.com/por15faq.html

"POR-15 Inc. brings the powerful technology of polymeric isocyanate derivatives to the consumer rust prevention market for the first time, a technology vastly superior to competing products currently on the market."

[ August 11, 2002, 11:58 PM: Message edited by: andy dunn ]

 

[ironbrad]

is that why i've started growing an eleventh toe? j/k

okay, I'll have to check my respirator tomorrow now, although i think it's a bit late. but that's definitely a good tip to post. let's put together a FAQ on POR-15 too! (working on a powder coating one)

ttyl
brad

 

[Ozona]

My post / information is for those interested in spraying POR 15 to make doubly sure their breathing apparatus is certified for their intended use.

Ironbrad may be A) Made out of Iron or B) Was outside so was fine.

It could be a serious issue if you were painting in a makeshift paint booth or not so ventilated area.

I took a peek at 3M's website, they do not make a cartridge style respirator that is certified for Isocyanate paint.

I also dug around on the web a little, it looks like the only really safe way to spray the stuff is with a "Supplied Air" respirator.

[ August 12, 2002, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: Ozona ]

 

[ironbrad]

Ozona,

Yes, I did spray it outside.

-brad