Alpha Wolf

New Member

• Dec 4, 2012

• #1

Just a quick question, has any one used P015 paint? It has been reccomended to me by a guy i know who does Bike restorations. I was intending using hammerite but i wondered if any one had any preference. it has to be hand painted as i don't have access to any spraying equipment and i don't have a temprature controlled enviroment to do the painting in.
cheers in advance.

 

Marmaduke

Well-Known Member

• Dec 4, 2012

• #2

Flippin superb stuff, purchased mine from Crown Restoration in small tins. It sets like enamel and makes hammerite look like nail varnish.

I painted the chassis of my old jeep with it which is why I used small tins, cos I didn't know how much to use. Just be sure to wear gloves as I had to wait a week for it to wear off my skin.

Bit fiddly to clean the chassis with marine clean stuff but goes on really well.

Good luck

 

Boris113

Well-Known Member

• Dec 4, 2012

• #3

POR15 seems to have a very good reputation, especially for old metal rather than new metal. I don't know a great deal about it, but it will certainly be better than (unless you have a can of hammerite that is at least 15 years old)

Have a look at this website and do a search on there MIG Welding Forum there are quite a lot of discussions about POR15

 

Alpha Wolf

New Member

• Dec 4, 2012

• #4

Nice one thanks guys. i did a search on the forum but now i realise i typed in p015 instead of por15.. DOOOH

 

kes86

Active Member

• Dec 4, 2012

• #5

We have used por15 on both the mk1 Escorts Dad owns. It really sticks and sets hard. I forgot to weld a handbrake cable mount onto the transmission tunnel, and the paint took a fair bit of grinding to get back to shiny metal to weld to. Frost sell it, but not sure how their prices compare with elsewhere.