Advice needed for inner tub coating

Vidar

Vidar

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So as I’m going through pretty much every aspect of my Jeep during the engine rebuild, I decided to pull the carpets and have a look (first time I’ve pulled them out in 17 years). I was worried as to what I might find, but so far, I’m encouraged. The drivers footwell had hardly any rust. The passengers on the other hand, had some. Been hitting it with a wire brush, and it all seems to be surface rust, with no integrity loss. My plan is to take the rusted areas to bare metal as best I can, then paint them.

My question for all of you is this:
should I paint just the bare metal with por-15 or the whole inner tub with por-15? Suggestions instead of por-15? Once done, should I put some type of bed liner on it, then put the carpet back, or skip the bed liner and put the carpet back over the paint?

The carpet is in good shape and going back in regardless, as this is my daily. Also, I’m spending way to much on everything else, so the cheaper I can do this the right way, the better.

Photos are drivers well, passengers well, then the passenger side after about 10 minutes with a wire wheel.

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I went to Eastwood.com and got some of their underbody rubberized spray with rust convertor..

I was concerned at first it would smell rubbery or when it got hot like asphalt or something but my concerns were without merit. I used a wire brush on drill to get the surface rust off first and then some rust converting primer spray.

It added a lot of soundproofing and actually keeps the interior a lot warmer in the winter time than what it was before. I then just put my carpet right on top of it.

There is no smell, sticky tackiness or anything.

I was going to go with a bed liner spray and I think that would be fine, I know a lot of guys said they wish they didn't have it cuz it makes it difficult to clean it out later.
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Whatever you do don't go with an aerosol bed liner like from Rustoleum. I lost track of how many cans of that stuff I bought trying to cover my floor since most of it came out like paint instead of liner, and most that came out like liner clogged up leaving 2/3 of it unusable despite continuous shaking of the can and cleaning of its nozzle.

If you want a liner be sure to get one that uses a roller for application.
 
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Great. Thank you both for the feedback. I hope my tub turns out as nice as yours @Leinhit.
@Jerry Bransford, I agree about not using rattle cans. What’s your thought on using a paint sprayer? Would you still advise a roller?
I found that Harbor Freight sells a bed liner. Anyone use it? Pretty cheap at $40 a gallon with coupon. Iron armor. Was thinking I could spray it with their $30 Texture sprayer, or you can roll it.

forgot to add: got the passenger side cleaned up, pretty much all the way down to bare metal. Hit it converter primer. Taking the seats and back carpet out to inspect the rest.

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Vidar said:
Great. Thank you both for the feedback. I hope my tub turns out as nice as yours @Leinhit.
@Jerry Bransford, I agree about not using rattle cans. What’s your thought on using a paint sprayer? Would you still advise a roller?
I found that Harbor Freight sells a bed liner. Anyone use it? Pretty cheap at $40 a gallon with coupon. Iron armor. Was thinking I could spray it with their $30 Texture sprayer, or you can roll it.

forgot to add: got the passenger side cleaned up, pretty much all the way down to bare metal. Hit it converter primer. Taking the seats and back carpet out to inspect the rest.

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If going with bed liner, I really like using raptor liner. Get it on Amazon reasonable and even get a free sprayer with some kits.

It's even tintable to Any colour if you ever needed it to be.
 
Any bedliner you get try and get as smooth an application as possible. This will make cleaning the floor much easier later on. All the hard books and crannies will hold dirt and dust that wants to stay trapped in there. A good quality primer and paint would be my preferred option. Easy to apply with a brush so you don't get spatter and overspray everywhere. And easy to clean out later.👍
 
Vidar said:
Great. Thank you both for the feedback. I hope my tub turns out as nice as yours @Leinhit.
@Jerry Bransford, I agree about not using rattle cans. What’s your thought on using a paint sprayer? Would you still advise a roller?
I found that Harbor Freight sells a bed liner. Anyone use it? Pretty cheap at $40 a gallon with coupon. Iron armor. Was thinking I could spray it with their $30 Texture sprayer, or you can roll it.
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Whatever Bedliner you do will pretty much be there forever, I wouldn't cheap out.

I've sprayed with an airless system and as long as you clean them they stay working.
 
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