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[george91]

Hay i'm planning on cleaning up my floor pan and spraying it so i can remove the carpets.

Can anyone recomend firstly what to use to clean it up? I was going to use a wire brush drill attachment.

Then what paint/lacquer to use?

And finally where i can get hold of this paint? Ideally off the shelf like wickes etc.

Thanks in advance, George.

Edited by george91, 01 October 2009 - 09:20 AM.

[george91]

Bump, any help would be great!

[newdawn1st]

I take it to mean you'll be running without carpets once its all painted? thats how I've read it. Will be noisy from then.

As such then, your going to need something thats hard wearing as your going to do a bit of damage with your feet if you or a passenger wears hard soled footwear. I've heard good things about por15, you'll have to read their info as it does need good prep and needs to be applied a certain way. Its not just a case of slap it on.

The wire brush should be good enough to clean up the floors to clean metal. Assuming they're solid to begin with The hard bit will be if you haven't got the bitumen type stuff off yet, does come off just takes some elbow grease

edit: Por15 website

Edited by newdawn1st, 01 October 2009 - 12:22 PM.

[george91]

Yes that correct i won't be using the carpets once done, the floor pan seems clean with only the original paint on it but i think the block under the seat may still have the bitumin on it, as paint goes i've already been recomended hammerite of sorts but i just wanted some more recomendations to see what other advise i use, and i think i will be using a brush to apply it as it covers much better than spraying.

Thanks for the advice, what do you think of some form of varnish of lacquer?

Edited by george91, 01 October 2009 - 12:29 PM.

[newdawn1st]

I'm not really up on the paintwork area but if you mean lacquer like the type that would go on external bodywork, I would of thought that would scratch up v.quick so might not be practical.

I have hammerite on my floorpans, with carpet. Had a few days without carpet and found it started getting damaged, so got carpets back in rickety tick (wasn't planning of running without mind)

edit: remember the 6 P's Prior Preparation Prevents Pee Poor Performance. If you don't prep properly it won't matter what you use, it won't last long.

Edited by newdawn1st, 01 October 2009 - 12:36 PM.

[george91]

Ok thanks, well i'll just look into hard wearing metal paint and see how i go, i will be using wire brush and then cleaning with white spirit to ensure the surface is clean and prepared properly. Don't worry i've made mistakes in the past with paint so i'm going to do it properly on the car!

Edited by george91, 01 October 2009 - 12:44 PM.

[newdawn1st]

Well if you do decide to go with Por15, this may be worthwhile looking at >>Prep and Use<<

oh and...

If POR-15 dries on your skin, nothing will take it off, and you will “wear” it for 3 or 4 days until natural oils and flaking skin remove it.

[petwar]

smooth hammerite all the way mate, it gives great protection, is relitively cheap and doesnt look too bad either plus there is a large range of colours!

[george91]

smooth hammerite all the way mate, it gives great protection, is relitively cheap and doesnt look too bad either plus there is a large range of colours!

Thanks for the help, i've been recomended hammerite smooth by a few people so im really considering going for that, especially when i can get however much i want from B&Q when i'm ready! Cheers, George.