Wednesday, February 08, 2006

POR15 and Sikaflex time!

In order to get the bottom of the bus bulletproof I decided to use POR15 chassis paint. This special enamel is based on a formular with cyanacrylat and happens to react with air humidity.
It dries to an incredible rock-hard, non-porous finish that won't chip, crack, or peel, and it prevents rust from recurring by protecting metal from further exposure to moisture.
I found this to be pretty cool and the result feels ok.
I applied the first layer directly on the aseptic and dustfree sheetmetal
. Next step was to load my gun applying a total of 12 cartridges of sikaflex bodysealer throughout specific areas of the chassis. Every water- or mudtrap was spotted and closed forever. Finally the whole chassis received a finishing coat of POR15.

right-rear wheelarch:



right-rear torsiontube/outriggers:



frontaxle area:



rear-left wheelarch:



rear-left wheelarch/dampermount:


left-middle floorsection:



middle floorsection/shiftrodtube, showing
sikaflex treatment:



rightside framerail floorsection:



right-front jackpoint, remember the "before"-shot?:



right-front jackpoint/outrigger area:


left-front wheelarch/jackpoint area:


rightside floorsection towards front:



again left-front wheelarch:


rightside view of main framerail and floorsection:


another angle of the same: