The POR-15 is really good stuff. it dries hard as a rock and actually appears to strengthen things. it has its drawbacks, in that I believe it cannot be painted over, and that it is sensitive to UV................ I have used zero-rust before and had decent results in stopping rust in its tracks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Steven Fish" <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Rust Inhibit Kit (WAXOYL)-Is this the Holy Grail?
> This POR-15 stuff has a 3 million year guarantee.... > > I have yet to hear a solid complaint about them, and they have been around > for several years now. > > Maybe the 'auto body" market just is not that important these days... I > mean, with finance and credit so low... it seems like 99% of car buyers are > just throwing out (trading in) their cars for brand spanking new ones. > > It is only the 1% or so of us, who actually stick with a vehicle and repair > it, and try to make it live forever... > > RSF > > <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > > Robert S. Fish > Salzburg, Austria > 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender > 1987 Golf Cabriolet > 1991 Golf > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "developtrust" <developtrust@COX.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:02 AM > Subject: Re: Rust Inhibit Kit (WAXOYL)-Is this the Holy Grail? > > > > > 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!!! > > > > > Think about it. > > > > If anyone invented a product that needed rust and eliminated rust by > > chemically combining with it and changing it into harmless material that > > inventor would be richer than Bill Gates. And body shops everywhere would > > use it. I've never found a body shop that would guarantee a paint job > where > > rust was a factor. > > > > William Polowniak > > 1989 Vanagon GL > > 1988 Mercedes 300 SE > > > |
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