xjrev10

Looking to do my rockers and up the side of the Jeep to the first body line. Can i just apply herculiner or should i scuff the paint. There is some rust to deal with. or should i get some por 15 and cover everything with that first.

gpXJ

Definitely scuff. I used a red Scotch Brite pad and it worked brilliantly. Herculiner is on and it ain't coming off!

Definitely wear gloves and full coverage clothing that you don't mind having black specks all over. Stuff gets everywhere and it don't come off.

MulishaXJman

x2....and if you decide to do your interior make sure you put a few more coats on the driver side floor board.

Good luck

00XJ

oh, it comes off... it just puts up a good fight, try gasoline it takes anything off.

xjrev10

You do not want to use herculiner over exsisting rust tho correct? If i just paint the side of the jeep with POR 15 over the light surface rust and then cover it up Herculiner i should be good right! I guess the question is do you need to do any prep for the POR 15. Going to need both anyway when i do the the floors in my Comanche. What do you guys think?

84wagoneer

X2 on the scotch pads. rough it up as much as you can. POR it, let it cure for however long, then scotch pad the por 15, because it has a rock solid, non-porous finish that wont accept anything, including herculiner. put on your 2 coats of liner, and voila!

xjrev10

wow i didn't know that nothing will stick to por 15.

g.mccormick

For the por, make sure and use the metal ready product first. This neutralizes the rust, and I think etches the bare metal (it has been a while since I used it). POR has a primer product that you can use that will bound to the POR and let you paint over it.

Cherokee

Which would be a better idea to use on the undercarriage? I want to take off the terrible coating thats on it right now and put something more durable on that exposed metal.

Cherokee

I'm going to go ahead and say that the herculiner would better suit my needs, as the metal doesnt need a primer like the POR. Thanks!

xjrev10

looks like its going to get expensive. If the rust was not there on the bottom of the door, it would be fine. now i just need to find a heated building to do the work in....

Mike94XJ

Here is a picture of my herculined rockers i will try to get a better one