POR StraightLine Filler

[JoshStratton]

Ok. I have sent several posts in the past that I wanted to try the stuff out. I have, and it worked 'ok'. It didnt spread very well at all and sanded really poorly, but it looks like it will hold up in the long term. I had to use a DA to sand it down. Hand sanding will take a LONG time with this stuff.

I recently converted to Eastwood's premium Evercoat fillers and I have to say that I can see a HUGE difference. It doesn't harden as fast and spreads VERY nicely. I have yet to try sanding it, but I can tell it will require less than the StraightLine would have. So for those of you who may be thinking of using it, there was a quick synopsis of my experience.



I am becoming more and more distrusting of POR products. I put them on just as described, but they seem to fail. I am not happy with them at all right now.

[68protouring454]

throw it away, fix it how its suppose to be fixed, its a bunch of crap,
jake

[JoshStratton]

Yeah it is.

[ProdigyCustoms]

POR sucks. I have a Camaro on the side of my building that was sandblasted, Yes sandblasted by a idiot, then POR coated 1 1/2 years ago. It is a long, LONG story why it is sitting there, but it is rotting away. The POR is doing nothing to protect it.

[JoshStratton]

I have found that RightStuff ($5.00 a bottle at Advance Auto) is so much better at protecting bare metal (especially metal that has been preped for rust repair). I remove all paint, brush on some RightStuff and do my body work. You can let it sit in RightStuff for a while and nothing will happen to the metal (as long as you don't let it get too wet). It is basically zinc washing your bare metal. When I am ready to prime, I sand down the RightStuff, then brush on some more. I let it dry and then sand it again just to even out some of the waves from the liquid. Then I prime the right over the RightStuff. It acts as an etching. I am very happy with the results so far.