Using Eastwood Internal Frame Coating Rust Encapsulator to Rustproof My Car’s Rocker Panels
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- In this video, I show how I used Eastwood’s Internal Frame Coating to treat the insides of the rockers on my 1960 Thunderbird. I also share tips and tricks on using this product
If you’d like to see more of the Thunderbird project, check out my Instagram page: / stumptowngarage
Excellent 👌 detail provided here !!! My contribution here, is I used a 3/8"s diameter, 5' long piece of Pex tubing, bought at Home Depot. I extended the 24" white plastic tubing that comes in the kit, with the smallest diameter vinyl tubing they have at HD as well. I used a very short section of Bic pen ink tubing as a coupling between the two pieces of vinyl tubing. The Pex allowed the rigidity and control, I needed to cover the whole length of the rocker assy. I was able to carefully twist the tubing and can gently back and forth, while pushing and pulling slowly to cover the 360° of the rockers on my 65 Mustang. Yes, the stuffs thin, though this is what allows it, to "creep" into all kinds of books and crannies. It's called, the "capillary" effect. Some of the paint, "creeped" out the pinch weld seams of my rockers when I was finished.. Good luck to all..
Brilliant idea to use the hanger wire. Thanks for the tip!
Great idea. I also used the KBS coating spray nozzle. Bit better built and longer. My final step I did was use the eastwood cavity wax. Great product as well to finalize the coating
Fluid film sells a kit with the 360 degree nozzle on the end of a tube. Personally, I would rather put an oil based product, that will soak into the rust, into frame rails so that it seals the rust and also suspends the moisture already present. There are multiple products that do this beyond fluid film, it's just more readily available locally to most people
great video, thanks! well done sir.
Very helpful because I’m about to tackle my rusty rocker panels on my ‘64 Dodge Sweptline.
Nice. Thanks!
Hey I have used this product and like it very much. I like that it creeps into pinch welds and such. After it dries I coat inside with Rust prevention product. Fluid Film, WoolWax, Surface Shield.
Yes I found this very useful, and thank you for this. Because I'm going to be doing the rockers on my Jeep Grand Wagoneer soon.
Great tutorial!
Thanks for the info
I am not convinced that spraying paint over scaly rust is the best idea, however what else are you really supposed to do? I agree that you need something in there to stop the rust from growing, so probably this is helpful. I recently cut out part of my front end because it had a similar cavity and it was FULL of rust flakes and the metal was so extremely pitted. It was a perfect candidate for new metal. Yours is still very strong (and so was mine to be honest), but I couldn't repair my entire front end and leave such a huge amount of rust.
I did this on my 1991 Jeep Comanche in 2016. 8 years ago now. I turned the truck into a woods toy, mud bogger, creek crawler, and winter beater. Maybe washed the frame a month after wheeling, never throughout the winter, and not a single wash between 22-23. Started to mess with the truck this year and took it to bare metal. Not even surface rust had happened. Unibody looks great. Better than my 2024 F450 with 3500 miles.
It's not paint lol
Would it work better to leave about 8 inches of tubing unsupported to allow it to Whip around? just a thought.
I found it better to have control of it. It lets you manage how far you are from the frame walls, which helps a lot with coverage. It also lets you rotate the nozzle. It sprays in 3 directions, but because of the small distances that doesn't necessarily cover everything.
Thank you for the great and true tested suggestions! This product is very well made and had good intentions; however, taking further steps like the ones you showed us can enhance and improve the overall outcome to be even more effective! Take good care brother!👍
This is where dipping the body comes in then use this to protect it afterwards
Is there a way to clean the wand and reuse it?
Thank you for the tips. I will definitely be using the coat hanger. I’m doing 3 frame cross member tubes. Do you think 1can would be enough?
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I would think 1 can would be enough.
Thanks you😊
What if you overspray a painted surface while spraying truck rockers? What can it be cleaned off with?
How did it hold up?
Thanks
It's been ~1yr, how has the internal coating held up?
Thank you very much, clear simple ans honest video, i really apreciate it, and impressions after time of having done it? Did you redo it?
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback! I haven't had to redo anything on the rockers. It's held up well, although the car is still on the rotisserie, so that's not a big test.
I actually used some frame coating again a couple of days ago to paint some hard to reach spots in the back of my wheel wells. My technique was the same as before and it turned out really well.
do you consider por-15 to be comparable? Just to be clear, I do not want to use por-15 and this product looks similar in finish
I would say comparable is the right word. They both go on pretty thin and make a mess. POR-15 dries glossy and really hard. The frame coating dries flat and seems more like regular spray paint.