I plan on painting the frame on my '02 this Spring. The Northeast winters are brutal on vehicles,with all the salt they put down around here. I want to do it right the first time with the best product for the job. I've heard different opinions on which is best,with POR15 and Rust Bullet being the two popular choices. Of these two,in your opinion, which one would be the better choice? I plan on removing the bed also to get on top of the frame rails and tight spots. Thanks in advance.

 

I have hear good things about por15...I havent heard of the bullet...Did you check eastwood.com to see what they offer...... They have some stuff called chassis black that a friend of mine used on his 40 Ford and it worked very well for him...

 

Just did my oil pan and a couple fender and door spots and Rust-Bullet is nice stuff. Heres a starter kit I bought, still have another 1/4 pint left. Oil pan Bad spot on fender Pan again

 

My 2000 has been a WI truck all her life and damn did it show, I painted my frame in Jan and I used POR-15 and it turned out great and it's still looking like new. Im sure Rust Bullet and POR-15 are really similar but it all comes down to how you prep the surface. Sand blasting down to bare metal is the most effective way to get paint to stick...primer or no primer...paint sticks to bare metal that has been blasted.

Check out my thread;
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...-fell-off.html

Pages 1 and 3 have the pictures of my progress.

If you do sand blast make sure its in a super super super duper well ventilated area...as from the picture, my truck looked like it was sitting in a desert for a few years because I did it in my garage...if I had to do it again(i swear to the love of god I better not have to!) i'de do it outside.

I bought a gal of POR-15 black and put 3 coats on the frame and underside of the cab, 1st coat thin, 2nd coat thicker than the 1st and the 3rd coat was pretty thick and I still had about half a gal left over.

I dont know about Rust Bullet but I dropped my impact gun on the POR-15 painted frame from hood height and it didnt even leave a dent in the paint, so I know its pretty tuff stuff!

The bed bolts arnt gonna come out so you might as well invest in some thin cutting wheels and cut the heads of the bolts off and either buy new bed bolts($50+) or just get some grade 8 bolts like I did and slap em on there, and you can take the bed off with ease if you ever needed to again.

Just remember the hardest part is the prep of the metal...its gravy after that, just prep it good!

Let us know what you plan to do and take lots of pictures!

Good Luck!

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll send some pics when the job is done. I'll have to make up my mind about what coating to use.

 

Seems like the two products are similar. As stated above, the prep will make a big difference, particularly removing any traces of oil or grease. I will say my experience with POR-15 has been good. Had some left over from a chassis restoration I was doing 10 years ago and slapped it on a post hole digger. To this day, aside from about 1/2" of the cutting edges, the stuff is holding strong and all I did was wipe it with a dry rag before painting it.(It had been well used with that typical coating of rust that yard tools have that are left outside)

 

Used both POR15 and rust bullet. Both are excellent products, its all in the prep work. Take the time to do a good job and you will be happy with the results. Read the instruction that is provided and you won't go wrong. Good luck