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    POR-15 Metal Prep | Superior Metal Etching Solution for Rust Prevention and Paint Adhesion

    Enhance the adhesion of any opaque paint or coating with POR-15 Metal Prep. Specially formulated for use on various bare or moderately rusted metal surfaces, this powerful pre-paint solution gently etches metal to create an ideal anchor pattern, ensuring the best bond for rust-preventive coatings, primers, or topcoats. Metal prep also works on aluminum and polished metals for opaque paint application.

    Key Benefits of POR-15 Metal Prep:

    • Optimal Paint Adhesion: Etches metal and leaves a zinc phosphate coating for maximum adhesion, ensuring a strong chemical and mechanical bond between paint and metal surfaces.
    • Rust Neutralization: Effectively neutralizes rust on steel surfaces, preparing the surface for POR-15 Rust Preventive Coating or other high-quality coatings.
    • Safe and Residue-Free: Water-based and non-flammable, POR-15 Metal Prep won’t leave harmful residues that can interfere with coating adhesion, unlike other metal prep solutions.

    Easy Application Instructions:

    1. Start by removing all loose material, scuffing, and degreasing your metal surface thoroughly.
    2. Apply POR-15 Metal Prep to neutralize rust and etch clean, bare metal surfaces.
    3. Rinse off for a clean, primed surface ready for POR-15 Rust Preventive Coating or your chosen topcoat.

    POR-15 Metal Prep is the ultimate metal-etching solution for those looking to achieve a rust-free, long-lasting finish. Perfect for auto restoration, industrial maintenance, metalwork, and DIY projects, this metal prep ensures your coatings adhere flawlessly.

    Features:

    • Easy-to-use metal etching rust neutralizer – one step process
    • Coats metal with zinc phosphate
    • No harmful residues
    • Insures perfect paint adhesion
    • Is reusable
    • Provides perfect base for all paints
    • Removes surface rust in minutes
    • Improves welding conductivity

    POR-15 Metal Prep Technical Data Sheet


    Step 2 Prep it with POR-15 Metal Prep

    "We located the rustiest car we could find and performed a complete floor pan replacement. The key to the repairs is etching the new metal with Metal Prep and sealing it with POR-15 and paint. This ensures that rust will not be a problem in the future." Muscle Car Review Magazine

    Interesting Facts you should know about steel and prepping it before you coat it with POR-15 Rust Preventive Coating:
    In every car manufacturing facility, steel in different parts of the car body often comes from different steel mills and different production lots, and the surface texture varies with the condition of the steel mill rolls which cold roll the steel to its final thickness.
    Also, surface cleanliness varies with the mills cleaning procedures, especially the procedures used to control carbon smut is actually baked onto the steel during the high temperature annealing process which follows rolling. This carbon smut is impossible to remove except by mechanical abrasion.
    Rust varies with the care taken in handling (1) at the steel mill, (2) during transportation and storage, and (3) during fabrication. Steel stored for a long time with rust inhibiting oil will react to form an incomplete oxide known as oil stain. The result of all this is that ordinary steel varies widely in the manner in which it accepts coatings.
    Although some commercial steel provides an excellent surface for coatings, you are just as likely to find steel which gives poor adhesion and poor rust resistance, even with good coatings. Often the same mill will produce both very good and very poor surface quality, depending upon a number of uncontrolled factors.
    Nearly all the above problems can be overcome by using POR-15 Metal Prep before you coat your steel. POR-15 Metal Prep is an inexpensive insurance policy that guarantees perfect adhesion of POR-15® Rust Preventive Coating to any metallic surface every time. Whether you paint your car or your fence or your outdoor furniture, the problems are always the same, because you don't know anything about the steel you're painting or what mill it came from, and you can't learn anything by just looking at it even if you have perfect vision!

    Customer Reviews

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    Brian Donnelly
    Lawnmower decks

    I have purchased the product before, and did a riding lawn mower deck years ago-it came out real nice, but it is a show piece and I never mowed with it or used it-I recently purchased more of it to do my friends, that desperately needed it because it was flaking off and falling apart-I really gave it reconditioning because I painted the top with regular paint also and had enough por material to do my large 54 inch deck-also painted the top of that also— both decks look like brand new ! I won’t know till next spring how it holds up but I’m guessing it’s really super tough stuff

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    The Zone Tattoo & Body Piercing (MO) Zone LLC Mark Montgomery

    works as it should

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    Joe Lowe
    Awesome product

    It is my first time restoring an old truck (1949 Chevy 3100). After a lot of work I arrived at the bare frame and had to make my first decision. What paint to use. After checking with several friends and getting numerous recommendations from online sites I began to look very seriously at POR-15. I researched and most people rated the product positively. I found some YouTube videos bashing the product but when I reviewed the process they followed for application I determined most did not follow the directions. I also had several questions I could not find the answer to online. I took my cell phone out and called POR-15. Believe it or not I was able to speak with an actual person. He was able to answer all of my questions. I ordered the product that day.

    After following all the directions precisely the frame on my 1949 Chevy shines!

    One bit of advice. I purchased a kit. The kit contained POR-15 Degreaser, POR-15 etcher, and 6 small cans of POR-15 gloss black paint. I plan to continue purchasing the small cans. It keeps you from contaminating the large can. It also keeps you from putting the lid back on a larger can and having the excess paint in the grooves of the lid seal the can shut when it drys.

    I would also like to mention that I applied the paint with cheap paint brushes I purchased at Lowe’s. (That way you can just toss it when you’re done. I do not recommend using the foam brush. Gave it a try and immediately tossed the foam brush) Friends that have looked at my frame think I sprayed the paint on. There are no brush marks.

    I plan to use POR-15 on the remainder of the under carriage. It is a great product as long as you follow the directions.

    Joe

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    Keith Throckmorton
    Stops rust period

    This stuff is great. Just follow the directions, so easy and foolproof. Works great, I've never had a problem. POR-15 really sticks with this stuff. I've never had any rust come back.

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    Kelly Gaddy
    Awesome before applying Por 15

    Awesome stuff, will definitely purchase again and again, Thanks for a great product. Kelly from Chattanooga, TN.