[Farmall] rust paint for my trailer - Rust Bullet

[Stephen Offiler]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:55 PM, E. John Puckett
<ejpuckett at centurytel.net> wrote:

> I have never personally had any dealings with the Rust Bullet, but have
> heard that the advertising and truth are only marginally similar.  I am
> preparing to redo my trailer, and plan on coating the frame with spray
> on automobile undercoating, the rubberized kind.

I keep a rattle can of rubberized undercoating around just in case I
happen across a need for a quick shot of protection.  Or, at least,
that's always been the theory.  In practice, it actually doesn't work
all that great.  But I'm stubborn and I don't learn as quick as I used
to.

I just finished derusting my receiver hitch (Putnam, supposedly
powder-coated, and I'm kinda disappointed that it rusted like it did)
with a knotted wire wheel, followed by EX-Tend (one of those
rattle-can products that turns rust black and seals it), followed by
"cold-galvanizing compount" (also known as "zinc-rich primer")
followed by, ta-da, rubberized undercoating.  That was a few weeks
ago.  The undercoating (NAPA brand, the more premium of their 2-3
different offerings) rubs off like a pencil eraser.

I would strongly encourage you to check out a DIY bedliner product
rather than an undercoating.  I've had much better luck with that.
When I replaced the rear fuel tank on my '97 F-250, I wanted to make
sure this one didn't rust out like the first one did.  I bought a
quart of a brush-on bedliner (can't recall the name off
hand..."Duraliner"???) and used up the whole quart on the tank.  This
is a very tough product, possibly a urethane.  It's working quite
well.  Which reminds me of POR-15... no personal experience but I hear
it is extremely robust.

Stay away from undercoating.


Steve O.