Also, the plus about going to the headstone maker is that they charge you for the miscellaneous job. Its not like the auto sand blasting "specialist" that charges you like its mechanic time or restoration client cost markup.

 

I will sandblast mine and take to the powder coater.

 

blast, prime, paint

 

IMO, if you are going for a real glossy look, paint. If your are looking for durability with slightly less gloss, you can't beat powder coating.

 

Spend the time and do it right while you can. Blast, epoxy prime, and paint with quality paint . The worst sight is "hindsight". You get your truck all together and start detailing things and say 'why didn't I take the time and effort to clean up that frame" I'm just rambling from my own experience.

Hump

 

SANDBLAST then POR-15 !!!

 

A rust encapsulator applied over a sandblasted frame will out last paint, either epoxy primer or power coat. Both epoxy primer and powder coated paint will chip and scratch off. I used POR-15 on the bottom and top of my rusty floor and after it dried I could not scratch it off. It's tough as iron once dry. I am not fully endorsing POR-15 because it is costly and to top coat it you have to buy more of their pricey products to do so. I am going to try other brands of rust encapsulators like ZeroRust and Rustdoctor, which is water based, on future projects. Both of these say you can topcoat directly over them. The other benefit of POR-15, and the other, is they can be applied at home with just a brush and they lay down with a almost sprayed on finish.

 

The best frame product I have used is chassy saver. It takes very little prep work and it can be sprayed or brushed on with the same end look. Knock the rust of with a grinder and apply it. I use it at work on semi frames that see all the weather abuse not to mention all the materials we haul like lime, cement, and acids and I have not seen one peel yet. Most paint suppliers will give you a pint sample kit to try before you buy it and it not very expensive.

 

I have tried chassis saver,and it is much cheaper to buy than the por 15,etc.,and it lays down nice,but while spraying is slightly non-uniform--or streaky.Although I sprayed primer over it for sanding purposes,it is as hard a surface as the other oxygen sealant type of materials.It can be sprayed over and I think I paid 28.00 a quart of chassis saver.I REALLY LIKE THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER EXPENSIVE PRODUCT WHEN I CAN TOPCOAT WITH WHAT I WANT.Like 428cobrajet says --it is a good product.

 

My plan.

1. Sandblast
2. Use Dupont's Pre Cleano
3. Apply Pickle X
4. Apply Zero Rust

It is the consensus of some people that do this stuff for a living that those three products make a bullet proof finish for the frame. It is also the consensus of some of the people that I am a complete fool. I believe that some of the people are right but I'm not sure which ones that is.