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- Hey, this is Donnie Smith
and we're on the Mustang project.
And you can see that we've got some of this coated.
We got the floor pan coated, we used the POR 15.
In this video, I'm going to show you the steps that we took
to get it prepped and ready to apply the POR 15.
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Okay, now let's talk about gettin' this ready
to use the POR 15.
Now these are the products, it's basically a three step.
You have a cleaner and a metal prep,
and then you have the POR 15.
But before any of this, a lot of prep goes
into place before you even start using this stuff.
So, you've got a floor pan,
and you've got a couple of options.
You know, it's got some rust, what do you do?
Well you can do like what we did here.
We got as much of the rust as we could out.
So, what we did is we went in and first we got a grinder
with a wire wheel on it, and we got
as much of that out as possible.
Jacob spent quite a bit of time
in there getting as much as he could.
Now we're not going to able to get every bit of it out,
but we got the rust, the seam sealer,
just got as much of the old product that we could out.
You know, the paint, the rust, the seam sealer.
And then, once we did that,
and here's something else I want to mention,
as you know on this project, I'm using minimum tools.
I'm not using air compressor or a DA sander.
But what I did do, is I went and got a DA sander,
and it's a DeWalt sander, and it worked fine for this.
Now I would still prefer an air sander
if I had a compressor for this project,
but it did the job, and it worked well.
So that's something to think about if you're at your house
and you don't have all the things that you need,
like an air compressor, or a DA sander.
You know, there are things you can do.
I can't remember the cost of that exactly,
but it wasn't too expensive,
and that'd be maybe something that you'd try.
So then we sanded all this with a DA,
and we just used 80 grit.
We're not that worried about getting it too smooth.
We're just wantin' to get it down, we used 80 grit.
And another tool that I got is actually
for another job I did, but I used it on this, too,
and that's a Dremel tool.
And a Dremel tool was able to get some
of the seam sealer out and dig down in some
of these areas that's kinda hard to sand.
We're also using it where we sectioned in some,
and, the Dremel tool, you know that's an electric tool.
You don't need an air compressor.
And then, once we had it wire-brushed as good as we could,
and then we DA sanded everything,
the last step that we did was use a Scotch-Brite,
just to try to get any surface rust,
or, you know, any glossy spots, or anything.
And that's just the final step to get the hard to get areas.
So we used a red scuff pad and we scuffed all
that up the best that we could.
And then, before we continued,
you want to get all that outta there.
And, even if I had a compressor,
I think this is a better method.
What we did is we used a vacuum instead
of blowing all that dust and stuff everywhere,
you know, you use a vacuum to suck it all up,
a lot cleaner environment,
and you don't have dust everywhere.
So I think that's a better method,
even if you do have a air compressor.
Oh, and I'd also like to mention,
before we ever started, we vacuumed it as well.
So we vacuumed, wire-brushed, DA sanded, scuffed,
and then vacuumed again, a lot of cleaning.
You know, you want to get rid as much
of that dirt as you can.
So we've got it good and clean,
and now we can start the POR 15 process.
Now you can buy these separately,
or there's kits you can buy as well.
Now we just bought 'em separately,
and the cleaners aren't that expensive.
The POR 15 is where the cost is at,
and it's not too bad either.
But, it comes to three products, this is Marine Clean.
It's basically a good degreaser
to make sure the surface is good and clean.
Now you don't want to get this
and just start spraying it on.
If you read the directions, it says that to dilute
at least one-to-one with water.
So, one part this to one part water,
and it also says on here that five parts water
to one part of this will work for most jobs.
I decided to go with four-to-one.
I mixed four parts of this to one part of water,
and I used it using a mixing cup.
I mixed it together, and then I got
another spray bottle to pour that mixture in.
So really, this goes a long ways,
I've got quite a bit of this left.
So now I had the new mixture in this,
and what I did is I went around,
and I sprayed the entire surface.
Now I did the floor board, I did these blockers up here,
and I did back here in the trunk area as well.
Now let me explain this real fast.
Now I still gotta go back and do some seam sealing.
There's a little bit of rust holes,
but I wanted to get all this on,
you know, the degreaser, the metal treatment,
and POR 15, just to seal off everything as good as possible.
Now there may be some areas I need
to come back and grind down,
but at least I know that all the crevices
and all that are covered as good as possible.
So, I used this, and I sprayed the entire surface
and I just kinda kept going around it
'cause you want to keep it wet.
You don't want to allow this to dry on its own.
So you kinda go back around it,
making sure that it doesn't dry on you.
So I just keep reapplying it for
about 15, 20 minutes, keep it good and wet.
Then once it's been on there
about 15 or 20 minutes and it's been wet,
then you just get a water hose,
and what I did is I came in here
and just rinsed it off real good.
Now, if I had a few spots that was puddling up,
I got a towel and just kinda padded
that just to help soak a little bit
of that water in this floor pan.
There's a few areas that I had to do that.
So, once I did that, then you can come back
with your prep and ready spray,
and what this is, this is your metal treatment.
Now with spraying these products we use a dust mask.
A respirator would probably even do a better job.
These products have some acid in it,
and you really don't want to be breathing
that acid in, so you want to use gloves,
and you want to have a dust mask or respirator.
So once we got this rinsed off,
then we switched to the prep and ready.
And this is a metal treatment,
and this is another product that has acid as well.
And it basically follows the same method as this,
except this is ready to spray, you don't have to mix it.
It comes with a sprayer on it,
and you can just spray it on there.
But you want to spray it on all the surfaces
that you're going to be using the POR 15,
and you want to keep it wet.
Now we kept this wet for about 20 to 30 minutes.
So we just kept reapplying it, going around,
keeping it wet until the 30 minutes.
Now after using this, I think it worked really good,
and I would recommend using this if you have rust.
Now, there is one option as to doing
all the steps I just talked about.
And those are the second option,
I mentioned the first, there's a couple options.
On the POR 15 it states, if all this was sandblasted,
you can clean it off real good,
and you don't have to do these steps.
You can put the POR 15 product straight
on top of a sandblasted surface,
and that's because all traces of rust are gone.
And you don't have to worry about fighting the rust
or anything like that, you're just coating it.
So, if it's sandblasted you can skip the Marine Clean,
and you can skip the prep and ready,
and go straight to the next step,
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