Hello everyone I was reading Car Craft and have a few questions about floorpan fixing in particular Power Mesh.

Do I still need fibreglass resin to make the "power-mesh" harden or will POR-15 alone activate it?

Can I assume the epoxy putty is used in a similar fashion as bondo as in it is used to fill in imperfections? For instance if the mesh isn't flush with the floor then you can use the putty to bring the depression up to the floorpan level.

Thank you for your answers,

That's the way I understand it, just the mesh and the POR. I received my POR-15 a couple of weeks ago. I also purchased the "putty" to fill in a small floor pan hole. They also provide step by step instructions for each product. There was a catalog in there that explained all that. That "mesh" looks pretty cool, as a matter of fact, part of that article is printed in the catalog. Supposedly, the POR will harden the mesh.I believe the article said to support the "underside" with something like duct tape while the POR hardens the mesh, this will allow it not to "sink". Then remove the tape and WHOLA!

I can get the catalog and send some specifics if you like. The catalog costs $2.00 (it has that price in the corner) but I guess it's free when you order something because I've placed 2 orders and received one each time.

Hope this helps.

BTW, I'll be posting before and after pics of my POR experience. I must say the hardest part is getting everything clean. They also make a product called Metal-Ready. I highly recommend this stuff. It just eats up surface rust...Sprayed it on my brake drums and hosed them off and they were shiny silver as can be. It leaves a white powder film if not completely removed, so you have to rinse it very well. Sorry for the long post, but I'm very impressed with all the products I've tried from them.

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JR TC #1098
My 69 Convertible (http://www.erols.com/ruther/69conv)



[This message has been edited by jerryr (edited 04-25-2001).]

I used the silver POR15 and PowerMesh on a couple small areas in my 69 convert floor & trunk pans. You do NOT need fiberglass resin. The POR15 will harden it up. You don't want to try and span huge holes with this stuff, however. Just follow the instructions provided and you'll do fine. I don't understand the bit about the tape, even though (as Jerry says) it is in the instructions. I would think that the tape would be permanently stuck to this stuff when the POR15 dried. I cut the PowerMesh to fit the desired repair area, with about 1" - 2" overlap on all sides, painted the area with the silver POR15, laid the cut section of PowerMesh in place, and saturated it with POR15. I saturated it several times over the course of a few hours as it was drying.

Yes, their putty is used in much the same fashion as Bondo.

I agree with Jerry about getting things clean and being satisfied with their products. They are not inexpensive, but they do work well.

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Bill Pritchard
69 SS396 Convertible
"Doing my part to help the disadvantaged - My Chevelle was for sale by a blatant liar. Didn't trust him, so I hired a blind man to inspect it before I bought it."
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Bill, I got to thinking about the tape. I do remember it saying use the tape to support the underneath, but I don't remember them saying anything about removing it, I just assumed you could. I believe your correct. Maybe that's why they didn't say anything, but who would want to do that? http://www.chevelles.com/forum/confused.gif

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JR TC #1098
My 69 Convertible (http://www.erols.com/ruther/69conv)

The Metal Ready stuff is Awesome... My car sat for some time in the outdoors http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif and the wheels rusted quite a bit.. I was using the metal ready on some exposed metal and decided to soak down one of the wheels while I was waiting. Damned if the rust didn't all come up but from the deepest pits. and wiped off like warm butter! I'm sold!!! I haven't gotten to use the paints yet, but if they are anything like Metal-Ready I know I'll be one happy guy!

I saw the article on POR 15 floor pan repair. If I remember right, the kit was $135 ?? Darn that is high.
I used epoxy resin ($8) and fiberglass cloth ($3) to do both of mine ($11 total)- worked great.
The tape is to keep the epoxy or POR 15 from running through the floorpan holes onto the garage floor. Tape over the holes from the bottom, then peel it off when it is all hard.

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