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Mike-Presley
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I'm getting close to painting my body shell. Anybody have any suggestions on what to coat the underside with. All the black is faded and  there are a few patch spots.  Hoping for something that will hold up well aginst  the road dirt and gravel being thrown at it.
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GotManx
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Just regular Krylon paint works well too.  Cheap and easy to touch up.
Ed-Chenal
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I would second the bed-liner coating. 
Just be certain the surface is very clean if you want it to adhere well.
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5150bossman
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Post by 5150bossman »

There is also spray-on chassis undercoating that runs about $10.00 a can. Not quite as tough as the bed-liner products, but considering that the bottom of the chassis gets pretty scraped up on a routine basis (even the bed-liner products will eventually get scraped off), the spray-on undercoating is very cost effective.
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Post by Gene-C »

I agree with the Herculiner
works great  strong and can hide a lot of repairs
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Mike-Presley
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Thanks for the info.  
croakintowd
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Post by croakintowd »

For what it's worth, I used the rubberized undercoating and it works great. Went on easy, dried fast and has survived for a few years now.
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Post by 1856 »

Have you tried Tree Seal? It's organic.

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my two cents. I went with bed liner on the interior. I love it. It feels good and it deadens the road noise and makes the floor "feel thicker". I also requested the company that applied the bed liner to apply it thick. On the bottom I was torn. Powder coating and bed liner would be great, but not really repairable (if you care). I would do a semi gloss paint with catalyst. It will hold up better than the single stage paints. I used the eastwood chassis black and it worked well with their Rust encapsulator primer. Hind sight I would use a two stage paint system. Costs more but lasts longer. One other thing is that the underbody paints that are not the "real" stuff will become brittle over time and flake/chip off . I found this out on my 69 bug when I undercoated it. I also heard a rumor that asphalt driveway sealer works well, but I was skeptical. Good luck

Carlton

 
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