Quick POR 15 question

[BattyBlueXJ]

Do you guys think that putting por 15 and Hercaliner over it is over kill or not? Better to be overkill then underkill but thats 150 bucks in paint.

 

[RichP]

You need to put some kind of paint over por15, it has no UV protection, Herculiner might be over kill though, where is it going, body, frame, etc...

 

[BattyBlueXJ]

well the herc is going in my back cargo area and i was also thinking about putting it on my rockers i just installed the other day. I have the 1Gal kit of herc and 1Q of Por 15.

 

[Kittrell]

well the herc is going in my back cargo area and i was also thinking about putting it on my rockers i just installed the other day. I have the 1Gal kit of herc and 1Q of Por 15.

Go for it, might be overkill, but why not? And as Rich said, POR has no UV protection so you need to paint over it anyways.

 

[IH8RDS]

What color POR-15 did you get? I used the silver and black on my trailer. Make sure you rough up the POR-15 surface before applying the Herc. Also POR-15 is not as effective unless you coat both sides of the BARE metal.

 

[Thayer]

Isn't Herculiner not resistent to UV too? I see that they sell a bottle of UV protectant.

 

[BattyBlueXJ]

I got the gray. And i would think herc is uv protected. Ill just through both on...

 

[Thayer]

They don't really say anything about UV on their webpage...weird...they just advertise this stuff...

http://www.herculiner.com/topcoat_page.html

 

[rstarch345]

Isn't Herculiner not resistent to UV too? I see that they sell a bottle of UV protectant.

I've used it on my bumper now for three years and it DOES need UV protection. I just put some UV coating on it to bring it back to life.

 

[BattyBlueXJ]

Thanks..Do you know of any local stores that my have the protectent so i dont have to order it???

 

[slowrider]

POR 15 is a very hard and smooth serface and sanding it is one option but it's so hard it will require tons of effort and paper. A better option is to apply the herculiner or whatever you're going to put over the top of the POR 15 before it dries. If you're having rust issues don't believe the por 15 instructions, sandblast first then apply it. It works better than nothing by itself but it works much better if you do a full prep first.

 

[rstarch345]

Thanks..Do you know of any local stores that my have the protectent so i dont have to order it???

I get mine from JC Whitney

 

[BattyBlueXJ]

Im redoing my floors patching some rust holes but everything will be fully preped. I also just installed my new rockers so i was going to por 15 and herc them too. Im just going to herc my back cargo area and my rockers because i bought a rubber floor for the front flooring of the jeep. Thanks for all your help guys.

 

[Thayer]

Thanks..Do you know of any local stores that my have the protectent so i dont have to order it???

I just decided to use the 303 stuff because the Herc UV topcoat was no where to be found...

http://www.303products.com/main.php?infopage=protectant

The West Marine stores in our area carry it.

 

[olympic4x4tech]

por15 has a top coat but my experiances are that the base coats (non-uv) look alot better then the top coat. plus the topcoating is a pain to get an even coat, it tends to dry quickly and you can get brush marks. I would use either the herc or por then get a good spray on top coat.

 

[BattyBlueXJ]

I think ill use that 303 stuff. Now all i have to do is get up to west marine to get some. Thanks.