Originally posted by Rattletrap52':
I'd also be curious about Hammerite for at least the frame. This Summer I'm planning the restoration process but section by section. I don't have the room to do a full dismantling. I would take the frame down and have it chemically stripped but I'll have to work with sand blasting and wire brush. That won't cut it for the real nooks and cranneys where rust never sleeps. The maintainance guys down at the harbor sware by Hammerite to 'incapsulate' the rust. They say the stuff is bullet proof on rustable metal with a constant bath of salt spray.
Do you have any place in mind for the sand blasting? My truck is in pretty good condition considering it was hauled out of Big Bear, but I'm planning a total restore some time in the near future. The Hammerite will be used on undercarriage and engine compartment components including the 1990 Camero rearend I'm currently building to replace the original (with 3.42 posi). I'm curious as to what the harbor maintainance guys say about the durability of Hammerite is (against chips and dings, etc.) and how long the cure time is. Maybe you could find out for me?
Thanks...
-GLC-
