Howdy - here is the first of 4 sets of the "after" pictures of the underside and wheel wells of my '90 Colony (finished the job last night).
Though I don't have 1st hand knowledge on how it should look, it looks good. Good luck keeping it in good condition through the winter. Thanks for the pictures.
Thanks Moliva. I don't intend to give it any salt baths this winter, but I feel it's well protected again. I'll be reinstalling the mudflaps tomorrow after today's curing. Next I have to order the junk (Noxudol) to spray inside the panels. That will be a piece of cake by comparison. Good luck with the Caprice. Others have said this, but it bears repeating: it would be a great idea to remove all of the moldings and the clips before going to town on the rust, and wherever you can attack it on both sides of a panel, go for it. POR sells swabs that can help you infiltrate the hard to reach, out of sight places that rust loves most. And don't be afraid to get rid of any soft spots that are almost poking through. I think POR has a filler for that. I'd even grind heavier than you have. Hope this isn't too much advice. One thing I know, the better you prep what you plan to encapsulate, the better the job will turn out, and, IMO, well worth the extra money, time, sweat, frustration and discomfort.
There's no such thing as too much advice. Unfortunately my car isn't in the same kind of condition that yours is so i'm in a completely seperate boat. But, like I said in my thread, i'm going to ride it till the wheels fall off and try out the different repair methods on the rust so i can gain that firsthand knowledge I lack.
I think it's a good idea to gain as much knowledge and experience as you can with whichever car you're working on at the time. Keep up the good work. Marshall, I kind of wish the products had been. You can look in some of my other threads for additional detail, but this was a paint by hand process. I would need an air sprayer and compressor to do the POR-15 paint that way, and I wouldn't know what I was doing. The Chassis coat undercoating is available in an aerosol form, but there too, I felt I'd end up inhaling most of it instead of getting it where I wanted it.
