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I sanded, primered ,and used one coat. The stuff goes on pretty thick. So far its seems pretty durable but I don't know if anything is going to be rock chip proof.

 

You should have seen the bottom of my car before. It looked like it was sand blasted. Totally bare metal. not even rust.

 

I think it would be great for the interior. I was originally going to do my floor boards that way.

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I like it!!

 

You could also use rubberized (not asphalt) undercoating for these types of applications. This will give you a very durable finish, but will probably not look quite as good.

 

What type of paint did you use on the upper portion?

 

John

I used rubberized spray on in a rattle can. Doesnt hold up as well as I anticipated :( Driect sunlight made it wrinkle up and peal off. Highpressure water peals it off also. Lost some when I washed it last time. I've noticed it pealing up in a lot of places in Archemitis interior also.

 

Its weird tho becuase in most areas, where it did hang on, the stuff is really on there good. As suggested above I prolly should do more than one coat. Better prep work might have saved some of it too :)

 

Peace

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Dang near crapped myself tonight... I read this thread, then went out to put gas in my wife's car. Passed a Loyale with just about the same paint job, and wondered if you were located in Troy... nope. Ah, well.

 

Anyhow, it looks great! When I pick up my next wagon, I planned on redoing the underside with POR-15, then spraying that rubber undercoating over it. Your paint job makes me wonder if I'll want to do that underbody treatment on the sides, too, much like yours.

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I'm in the process of chipping out the rubbery/tar stuff they put in at the factory so I can "Speedline" the interior of my hatch. What a pain!!! The guy I talk to said they "rough" the surface with 80 grit. He said the best prep is a light sand blast, which I may do. I had the same experience with the rubberized under coating, didn't last a whole summer on my truck. Later, Tim

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I used rubberized spray on in a rattle can. Doesnt hold up as well as I anticipated :( Driect sunlight made it wrinkle up and peal off. Highpressure water peals it off also. Lost some when I washed it last time. I've noticed it pealing up in a lot of places in Archemitis interior also.

 

Its weird tho becuase in most areas, where it did hang on, the stuff is really on there good. As suggested above I prolly should do more than one coat. Better prep work might have saved some of it too :)

 

Peace

Thats true. The rubberized stuff sometimes causes a chemical reaction when applied over painted surfaces. Seems to work best on bare metal, or places previously undercoated.

The truck bed paint is epoxy-based, I believe.

John

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I don't know if you want to sandblast the interior of your car... I helped my brother do that to his 1965 plymouth valiant a couple summers ago, and unless you plan on literally removing every part in the inside of your car, it's not worth it, buy a power sander.... there is STILL sand coming out of weird spots in that car when you drive down the road..

 

and oh yeah, that tar stuff on the floorboards of factory subes is horrible... I had the best luck with a 3/4" grinder with a bigass wire wheel to get it out of my xt6

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I'm in the process of chipping out the rubbery/tar stuff they put in at the factory so I can "Speedline" the interior of my hatch. What a pain!!! The guy I talk to said they "rough" the surface with 80 grit. He said the best prep is a light sand blast, which I may do. I had the same experience with the rubberized under coating, didn't last a whole summer on my truck. Later, Tim

Ya I should have roughed up the surface first :(

 

Is this Speedline a spray on or paint on application?

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