CNKS - POR Patch

The POR Patch comes out of the tube a little more liquid than toothpaste, but doesn't flow by itself. It does spread very, very easily however. Better than polyester finishing putty. Sort of like spreading paint around. I used a 2 inch plastic spreader normally used with polyester filler. I don't know if it has some type of "wetting" agent in it but it seems like it does. Very similar to the ease with which the POR15 paint brushes on.

I wouldn't want to use the stuff in an area that required much hand sanding. I do think it would be a good choice for those pit situations where space is available for power sanding and where it is not possible or practical to get all the rust out of the bottom of the pits. Just don't put on more than is necessary and have plenty of good sandpaper available.

Rod

BTW, on the Picklex20: I am not finding that Picklex turns any rust black. I am not wiping it off. I am applying it by brush, letting it set a while and then rebrushing the area with the same brush. I am only wiping up anything that puddles noticeably in low spots or crannies - an obvious "excess". No effort to wipe completely dry at all. That seems to be in accordance with the instructions for heavily rusted surfaces - but "excess" isn't defined and is left to the user to determine. Of course I may not be interpreting the instructions correctly. I let it dry overnight. It is completely dry the next day. Not sticky or anything like that. But nothing has turned black. Maybe a "richer", darker shade of brown but definitely not black. It seems to leave a hard, somewhat glossy surface that wasn't there before. I never noticed that type of gloss when I used Picklex before to preserve a non-rusty, sandblasted surface before priming. But I may have made an effort to wipe more of it off then. I can't remember. They do seem to put more emphasis on the wiping in such an instance. I was concerned with epoxy adhesion to that gloss so I have been scuffing it with a Scotch-Brite pad. It seems to scuff well and it makes me feel a little better. Not that much of the white powdery residue either, although there is some on a spotty basis - mostly where I had to heat the metal (about 1/8" thick) to beat back dents from thrown rocks. This is the first project I have used the Picklex on in this fashion. I guess I was expecting more of a noticeable "conversion" effect than I seem to be getting. It appears more like a clear encapsulator than a converter. Maybe I'm not using it properly. I don't know. We'll see if the paint falls off or if any rust bubbles up under it in a year or two.

Rod