I am wanting to get some Por-15 and put two coats of it on the whole inside of my Bronco. After that I will want to put a bed liner over it, Durabak or something cheap and similar.

What I was wanting to know was if anyone has used a rust preventative such as Por-15, with a bedliner??

If so how did you put on the bedliner??? Did you have to sand the surface of the Por-15 after it dried? OR Did you just put the bedliner on top of the Por-15, and how good is it sticking or holding up? (no flaking, peeling, etc...)

Thanks for any help.

 

POR-15 should take most coatings/paints very well. It is designed to work well as either a base coat or top coat. Since POR-15' chemical compund actually bonds to metal and iron oxide (rust) the likelihood of peeling or chipping is virtually non-existant. Their website lists recommendations for application when using it as a base coat and covering it. I don't know that sanding is even necessary.

 

Just noticed your post, did some work on a restoration with POR-15. The stuff is great for what it is supposed to do. There is a special primer from them if you want to paint over it. It is super-slippery, so normal materials don't adhere at all.

Because a spray-in requires the type of prep it does, I wouldn't waste the money on the POR-15. The installer is going to have to grind it all off in order to put the bedliner in... and if they don't, the bedliner will probably peel off in short order.

Bryndon

 

Do the bedliner yourself, I have gone with the duplikolor stuff you get at Wal-Mart. It will take two cans. Just sand the interior down until you are happy with it, no need to go all the way to metal - just rough up what you have and clean it up with what they tell you to use. It took me about a week (two weekends). Removed all the stuff from the interior, sanded, cleaned and rolled in the bedliner. Looks freakin' cool and has a nice texture to it. Should make cleanup a breeze. I will post pictures once the dash is ready to go back in.

 

I'm looking to do the same thing in my bronco in the next month or so. I have used POR-15 on a few small projects with good luck, however I do recommend getting the primer (think its called tie-coat or something like that) that allows you to use virtually any paint over it.

With my project, I don't plan on POR-15ing the whole interior, just on the spots that I currently have the starts of surface rust. Then I'm going to use a color matched spray in bed liner (found a place where you can get 3 gallons of the liner, plus an undercoating gun, for $230 shipped). I plan on doing the work myself.

We'll see how good this color matched stuff is, if its good, I may also try using it on the hardtop too

 

I spent about $100 to pull off two coats. It was just the roll-on Wal-Mart stuff. Turned out great though.

 

That is what I am doing, I bought some por15 to cover my rust spots. Then I bought some Herculiner from a local store with a special on the price. I'll be starting this very soon, because it keeps raining where I'm at and I couldn't stand knowing I couldn't because my seats where out.

 

sorry about the last sentence there. It should be.... I can't stand knowing I can't go wheeling because I'm doing that work.

 

I was going to do the same exact thing. However, I think you need to lightly prepare (sand) the POR-15 coat in order for the bedliner to adhere. Might want to get a POR-15 rep on the line...they could tell you exactly what you need to know for preparation prior to a bedliner coat. Let us know how it goes and what they say! Good luck!

 

I'll be starting this project next week. I'll take some pics of the progress if ya'll want. I only have a few rust spots, so I'll cover that up first then sand down and prep the whole inside and herculine everything.

Matt