Frame coating

[DHugg]

I'm trying to decide powder coat, por15, or just good ol rustoleum. Whichever way I go it'll be getting sandblasted, so prep will be top notch. And don't consider price, I'm more interested in opinions on durability.

The jeep will be about 50/50 road and woods, so I want a coating that'll hold up to the abuse of forest roads. Anyone have input?


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I live in a region with lots of ship-building. Anything of steel can be hot-dip galvanized relatively inexpensively. The wrought iron balcony we put up in 2006, just before Katrina, has been in the weather 24/7 without the tiniest sign of rust after being hot-dip galvanized. When I do a frame off rebuild on my '80 CJ7 , this will be my treatment of choice. I'll have to run thread taps through the few places where bolts insert to re-true the threads, but a small price to pay.

 

[GatorBate]

Internal Frame Coating w/Spray Nozzle | Eastwood

Works great once you pressure wash all the dirt out!

Thanks, I hope it won't be to expensive. Sorry
I'll check it out. That looks like what I've been looking for.

 

[PaRenegade]

I'm considering a TDK frame and one of the options through quadratec is to get it hot dipped.

Just an fyi. Shipping from 4WDInc is much cheaper than from Q-tec. I paid $88 from 4WDInc and Q-tec wanted about $365, and they're only 2 hours away!! Even if I picked it up they would still charge me that. Guess who got my money??

 

[dagr8tim]

Just an fyi. Shipping from 4WDInc is much cheaper than from Q-tec. I paid $88 from 4WDInc and Q-tec wanted about $365, and they're only 2 hours away!! Even if I picked it up they would still charge me that. Guess who got my money??

It's like $200 cheaper to order it straight from TDK.

The only reason I was thinking of going through Quadratec or 4WD is because one of them offers hot gal coating for like $500 extra. But then I found a place here in Columbus that has a tank large enough to dunk a frame for like half the cost.

I'm considering that, or may just drill drain holes along the bottom and flip it over & fill it with POR15.

 

[tarry99]

I'm trying to decide powder coat, por15, or just good ol rustoleum. Whichever way I go it'll be getting sandblasted, so prep will be top notch. And don't consider price, I'm more interested in opinions on durability.

The jeep will be about 50/50 road and woods, so I want a coating that'll hold up to the abuse of forest roads. Anyone have input?


I think the POR15 or a good primer and an enamel top coat will probably do you fine........as far as hot dip galvanizing I think the process is great but in my opinion not for a Jeep frame that over time if you keep it long enough will need some welding or modifications and in either case once the original Zinc surface is disturbed it will rust there no matter...........plus welding galvanizing produces one of the highest toxic gases known to humans.........

 

[Peanut Butter]

Just finished my CJ7 frame. Didn't sand blast for lack of money, so I cleaned the 30+ years of junk off myself. 1st Eastwoods Fast Etch, Eastwood rust encapsulator, POR15, and then gloss black enamal. Turned out pertty good. We'll see how long it will last. ROD