Hi Brian, I have a '87 Syncro non-westy. POR makes both a "paste" in a squeeze tube (like toothpaste), and a two part epoxy filler. The paste is OK if you can get something else (Krown oil etc) into the seam first. The paste does not conform very easily into crevices and is not a sealant, meaning that I would still go back over it with standard autobody sealant. The 2 part epoxy is terrific (it will cure in the presence of water) and cures rock hard, but you better have good structural teeth for it to bite into. It still isn't a sealant and would need that process to finish the job. I take it that your seam rust is at the long horizontal stretch at the floor line? Dave Milo -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Brian Hughes Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:31 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: POR-15 and seams Folks, My 15 year-old son and I are starting our "restoration project" " '84 Westy. There's a pretty nasty case of seam rust below the untilities holes on driver's side. Poking around the POR site - noticed they market a body filler paste. So ... Any thoughts on using the POR paste to fill the entire seam? Site says the paste "remains flexible" so ... what about just filling the thing (after proper rust removal, neutalizer, etc) and making it a "soild" looking piece along the whole panel? How much vibration gets centered here? What's the purpose of the seam other than manfacturing? The more I'm reading about the POR products, I'm thinking I'm just about done with fiberglass and Bondo! Brian '84 Westy project -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005
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