What are you using? How are you applying the encapsulator ?Coated everything thats going to be hidden with rust encapsulator and should be welding it in tomorrow.
What are you using? How are you applying the encapsulator ?Coated everything thats going to be hidden with rust encapsulator and should be welding it in tomorrow.
It's eastwood platinum. I've just been brushing it on. Bought the large box of 2" paint brushes from HF and just throw it away when I'm done. They say you can spray it if you thin it but I didnt want to deal with the clean up.What are you using? How are you applying the encapsulator ?
They say you can spray it if you thin it but I didnt want to deal with the clean up.
Yes, knock the heavy/loose rust, dirt and grease off clean/prep the surface, "I use acetone" and then apply the encapsulator. It's pretty tough stuff from what I can tell so far. It's supposed to chemically bond with the rust and prevent oxygen from getting to it to create more rust. I doubt I'll have any continuing issues with rust out here in the dry desert but its the peace of mind that I'm after.From the name of this product "Encapsulator" , sounds like you don't have to completely
remove all the rust. Does it work this way???
I've been applying it to what I can reach with the brush. It doesn't seep so well and I dont expect to get every little bit with this. I hit the areas that are notorious for rust and as far as a coating that will seep eastwood recommends the internal frame coating. That's a thinned out spray that goes on heavy and will seep into those areas that you can't reach and will dry to a hard coating like the encapsulator. I intend to use that futher up in the pillars and in the interior around the bracing on the roof. Don't quote me on this but I believe in my research on the eastwood encapsulator they actually said that it couldn't or atleast severely resist being undermined meaning that it wont start to rust underneath the coating from the edge. So this would resist bubbling up like a normal primer coating would.Is most every pic above there are surfaces you can't get access to where there are two pieces layered
on each other. Is there anything special you do, or it just a matter of applying enough that it runs
into and behind those surfaces you can't paint?
No problem. I dont have any long term exposure to it yet but down the road I can update on how the coatings holding up.Hey, thanks for all the feedback based on your experience!
10 years ago I did my last one like this on a 1949 Plymouth 2 door slant back and installed a 392 Hemi with a Torqueflight transmission and Dana 44 rear end.
Previously been wrecked at right front fender door hinge area then had to repair body mount area below that which had been left untouched and no bolt to frame bracket. What a mess and shoddy job by the previous body repair man.