"Business hat ON"
I sell a product called Nyalic that should do just what your looking for.
It's a crystal clear polymeric resin. Originally designed for the Apollo
space program, it's designed to protect against corrosion, UV rays, acid
rain, salt water, bird droppings, mildew, bleach, etc. It can be applied to
bare metal, painted surfaces, and fiberglass. When properly applied it wont
chalk, chip, crack, peel, or yellow. Withstands up to 300deg F. Can easily
be removed with lacquer thinner or light sanding. Surface prep includes
cleaning all wax, silicone, grease and oil off with a stripper and washing
with a strong detergent, thoroughly rinse and completely dry. Check it out
at www.Nyalic.com. I am a retailer and use this in my fabrication business.
The stuff works great. If your interested, drop me a note at
Gilpin_Fab@yahoo.com for pricing and availability.
Mark Gilpin
Gilpin Fabrication & Repair
"hat OFF"
"Jon" <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of building a front bumper for my '92 Ram. At
> this point, I'm not sure if I'm going to powdercoat it, spray paint it,
> or have it Line-X'd. I'm thinking about Line-Xing the entire truck
> eventually; if I do that, maybe it would look better to have the
> bumper "stand out" by using powdercoat? I dunno, I'm still not sure
> obviously. :-)
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> Anyway, given that, I was wondering if someone might have a good
> suggestion as to what I should do to the metal in the meantime to
> keep it from rusting? Whatever I eventually decide to do will
> probably require it to be taken back down to metal, so I don't
> want to use something that's going to be a real bear to remove later.
> I've seen some metal wash products that claim to protect metal for
> 3 weeks or so, but this will probably be a few months at least,
> and knowing myself, more likely a few years. ;-) Plus, it'll
> be out in the rain, etc.
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> My inclination right now is to just hit it with some spray paint since
> that is easy to apply, and should be easier than powdercoat to remove
> later. I do have a siphon media blaster I can use to remove it...
> But, I figured I'd check to see if someone else might have a better
> idea. (Which usually does seem to be the case.) ;-)
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> Assuming for a moment that I do go the spray paint route, is that
> "Rust Oleum" (sp?) stuff any harder to remove than normal spray paint?
> (And is it actually any better than the normal stuff at preventing
> rust?)
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> Thanks!!
>
> -Jon-
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