Hi Everyone, I'm new to the Forum, and just starting to begin posting. I've been watching for awhile, but now the posting begins...
I have pulled the body panels off my '88 coupe (3rd Fiero - 84 SE, 85 GT), and am beginning minor repair and cleanup of the space frame. Mine has a little rust, and a couple of areas that will require a little new metal, but overall, it is not in too bad of condition. It has been quite some time since I have done automotive body work (I used to work in a Porshe 356 restoration shop up until '93), so obviously, the available materials have changed since then. When I worked on the with the Porsches in the past, we used to strip, sandblast, etchprime, 3M Rocker Schutz over the pan(for the look of the original undercoating), and finish off with a 2 part epoxy.
I am considering using POR 15 on the space frame, and I have seen that a number of you have used it. The info from POR 15 says that it sticks best to bare or rusty metal, but short of sandblasting, there would be no really effective way to strip the space frame. What type of results have you all had with this product when painting over areas where the original paint is still in tact. My hope is that I can hit the bad spots with a wire wheel, and paint the POR 15 on, over the thouroughly cleaned painted areas as well. If the POR 15 works as advertised, it sounds like it will make short work of the space frame.
