Eastwood internal frame coating review

[Grit dog]

So's I went ahead and bought a can of this stuff with the little snorkel tube to try to stave off more rust around my windshield. (Only actual rust on the truck.)
Having a half dozen rotten areas to cut out and patch and several more small holes that will just weld up, I assume the rest of the insides is somewhere in the process of rusting out as well.
The existing rust holes, factory holes and holes from the windshield visor provided enough access to get inside the frame everywhere.

Prior to cutting out any of the bad spots, I gave the whole thing a coat. Also wanted to see how "well" it did afterwards when I cut out the bad spots.
Couple observations.
1. Stuff comes out fast. 1 coat around the windshield all 4 sides used most of 1 can.
2. It appears to actually get into most nooks and crannies and appeared to bond decently to the old/rusty steel (after cutting out a couple bad pieces).
3. Must tape off all holes well. I taped all the holes, but it was still getting through the weld seams with any small gap. (This is a good thing). But it was slobbering out of spots I had to clean up. Glad I did this with the truck all tore apart or it probably would have gotten on parts that I didn't want it to.
4. After welding the patch pieces in and grinding them down, I gave a quick shot of coating again in those areas.
5. It is somewhere between undercoating and paint. Doesn't get super hard and has a thick buildup.

It's not cheap at $20+/spray can, but can you put a price on rust prevention? LOL

 

[Doppleganger]

I've always wondered about coating all that bare-primered metal inside the cowl.

?!

 

[rpcraft]

I've been curious about how well those fogger nozzles cover the insides of rails and stuff. Nice to hear they work well.

 

[Grit dog]

Yeah, I can't say for sure it got "everywhere", but based on my observations, it did pretty well.

 

[waterpirate]

So my buddy who owns the body shop that will not paint my truck, GRRRRRR! Says that all new replacement panels get shot with what he calls the wand. It is some type of internal rust prevention for all new cars that still have steel panels. Wonder if the Eastwood stuff is the consumer version of that?
Eric

 

[Grit dog]

I've always wondered about coating all that bare-primered metal inside the cowl.

?!

I bet you could get all the way down the sides of the cowl/firewall/bulkhead with this. I had a little drip out of one side when I was doing mine up under the cowl.
I'm tryign to decide what to do inside my cowl, like under the wipers in that big cavity. Right now it's about 75% paint, 25% peeled down to the factory primer. I may try to at least get a coat of base coat in there on the primered spots.

 

[Grit dog]

Can see in this pic how well the (black) coating worked. The shiny stripe is from hitting it with the grinder cutting out the old metal.

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[Doppleganger]

Many moons ago I took a cheap throwaway siphon gun - put a 3-4ft hose on it. Plugged the end and then drilled 5-6 holes all around the last 4" or so of the hose. Slid it all the way inside the rocker and stuck the other end in a quart of POR15. Then slowly backed it out. All the drain holes the whole length of the car dripped POR15, so I knew it was coated.

Kind of wondering how this stuff would work in the rockers too.

 

[Corvette Ed]

Good info,thanks for the write up.

 

[My78truck]

I have also used the Internal frame......many, many, many, MANY!!! cans of it. I have stuck that little hose in every orifice I can find on my truck to make sure that the rust is coated - rockers, bed support rails, inside the drain holes for the double fenders, through the cargo light opening to spray between the double roof, in the hole where the sun visers attach and the pushed down into the pillars, up under the dash. Literally everywhere!!!!! Spray works good, but that nifty little hose is the best. Every time you order a can of Internal Frame, they send you another 24" hose and I think I have 20 hoses because I flush them out so I can reuse them. I should have taken stock out in Eastwood because I know I have help push their stock up with everything I have bought.

 

[Grumpy]

So my buddy who owns the body shop that will not paint my truck, GRRRRRR! Says that all new replacement panels get shot with what he calls the wand. It is some type of internal rust prevention for all new cars that still have steel panels. Wonder if the Eastwood stuff is the consumer version of that?
Eric

If I went to a body shop and they refused to paint my truck if I wouldn't let them spray their goo all over the inside first, then I would go to another body shop.
My two cents.

 

[Raider L]

I wish me and my body man knew about doing what you all did before we painted the doors. Instead I sprayed a whole can of rust proofing inside until it was pouring out every where. The nose of the cab was still like it was from the factory. even the color, Kelly Green metallic, and White was like new, even down inside the cowl. We poured some of that rust proofing down inside of where the water drains out from the cowl, but we bought new fenders and poured some of the rust proofing inside down in the bottom where it drains near the cowl as well. All that is still okay and no rust, but the doors got it bad. I'll need to buy new doors and get that stuff you are talking about before I get the doors painted again.

 

[Ricko1966]

FWIW I use OSPHO sprayed out of a pump up garden sprayer. It is the science behind why POR 15 works. It's the magic phosphoric acid wash.