POR-15 and fiberglass question.

Discussion in 'Color is everything!' started by Truzi, Oct 4, 2004.

  1. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    My daily driver has a few rust holes in the floor pans - its a 90 Dodge Daytona which which I'm trying to keep another year or two.

    I put some POR-15 on the bottom to lock the rust, but am unsure how I want to patch the holes, which are about 4 x 6 inches.

    The rug will be removed and the holes patched from inside the car - I was thinking of using fiberglass matt. Should I just POR the matt down, or stick with epoxy resin? If I do the traditional fiberglass/resin repair, can I POR the metal first, or will I need bare metal to bond to?
     
  2. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    TTT
     
  3. BA

    BA Well-Known Member

    Hole in floor is to drop :beer cans through????? (option)????

    If cosmetics don't count how about pop riveting in some sheetmetal and coating it or fiberglassing over it. I have been down this road before. I think fiberglass by itself may not stand up too long.

    Bill
     
  4. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    I've riveted signs on floors before, and have also used a few layers of fiberglass. The car probably won't last 2 years. Since its a "sports" car, you can't really get your weight on the floor as it is.

    I just figured POR-15 would be easier than mixing the resin - and I'm feeling a bit lazy.

    I'm also using this car to practice with POR-15 for when I get around to fixing up the Buick.
     
  5. sailbrd

    sailbrd Well-Known Member

    You can use the POR-15 as resin for fiberglass matt. Will need a few extra layers of glass to keep from being porous. I would not use this in an area looking for structural strength.
     
  6. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    Its not something that needs a lot of structural integrity - I just want it to be firm.
     
  7. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    I did a few experiments, and it looks like a layer of cloth and 3 of matt should give a repair that is quite firm - so long as its not abused.
     
  8. Go Buick Go

    Go Buick Go Woot!

    My dad's 86 Sentra had a hugeass hole in the passenger side floor a few years ago, and I riveted a piece of heating duct steel (that I un-bent...I didn't have anything else :grin: ) and then put down two layers of matte and resin. I used some hella thick matte, the stuff they use on boats. I think that was about 4 years ago now, and it's still going strong. It's really f-ing strong too. Probably one of the strongest points on that p.o.s. :beer

    So anyhow, my point is that it should be fine to do that on your car, as I doubt that anyone is gonna care how it's put together but you.
     
  9. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    Very true. I'm just being lazy about it, lol. I've done straight fiberglass on a camaro floor and it was very solid. I just don't want to mess with mixing resin or cutting metal.
     

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