[Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] "Rust Converting" Paint- Good? Bad?

[David Knepper]

My son restored the frame of a 1968 Chevrolet and used a very durable black 
paint that restorers use.  Go to a professional retail auto store and ask 
for the paint that restorers use to paint a chassis.  I can tell you that it 
is as "hard as nails!"


David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] "Rust Converting" Paint- Good? Bad?


>I haven't done anything like this in decades.
>
> However, think in terms of locating something very much like the Old 
> Silver Rustoleum paint in a can.  It had some fish oil base to it.
>
> Way back in the '50s we had a wrought iron railing on the front porch of 
> the house.  That was used on it, and it stopped the corrosion.  As 
> demonstrable proof, I have been back to the old place in the very late 
> '90s.  That same railing is STILL there - AND solid as a rock!
>
> There must be something that is very similar to it on the market. Exactly 
> what, I'm not sure.  I'd bet an old Ace Hardware or True Value Hardware 
> place would have an old timer that would know, and could tell you what to 
> use.
>
> My $0.02 worth.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> On 4/7/2013 6:56 PM, Gary Pewitt wrote:
>> The products are basically phosphoric acid based.  They turn oxygen 
>> permeable iron oxide into impermeable iron phosphate.  They do work and 
>> work well.  I have used them in numerous old car and truck restorations 
>> and have very good results from them.  Be sure to remove grease and loose 
>> surface rust but don't bother to take it down to shiny steel.
>> 73  Gary  N9ZSV
>>
>>
>> On 4/7/2013 7:33 AM, David Stinson wrote:
>>> I've recently been told that "rust converting" paint- paint that claims 
>>> to chemically "fix" and stop rust, converting, sealing
>>> and bonding it within the paint lattice, actually makes rust worse
>>> over time.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any hard information on this?
>>
>
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