Unfortunately I'm at the point where I am sandblasting the Eastwood Encapsulator off as it looks terrible and rusted through... beleive it or not. I don't know what went wrong, other that I used the 2-part rust converter first, then brushed over it with the Encapsulator, which is what it says to do on their site. Then I painted over it with Rustoleum semi-flat rattlecan. But light rust bubbles began to come through all around the high spots of metal, around the radiator support, and in other spots on the firewall, and now looks terrible.
I'm already pissed-off that I have to blast it all off, but in the same token, it looked terrible as the encapsulator is like painting maple syrup. BUT... everything else I POR15'ed under the car and all around looks mint. Go figure...
As far as rattle canning, I have to. My nieghborhood is too close to paint, I have no equipment to paint with (I borrowed the blaster), and I have NO CLUE how to paint. So I'm sure it will become a disater anyway.
All I want to cover with the epoxy is the engine compartment, then I want to shoot it with Eastwood's Underhood black. That should keep it good as it will never see the rain or a wet road.
What I blasted already looks fantastic, but it's very time consuming and messy as hell. I have to blast, then prime the metal, then blast more another day... etc. Not the best forumula for success so I hope this works. I just had heard the epoxy primers are the best protection for bare metal...better then etching primer.
Thanks for the info and advice, I knew there was canned epoxy primer out there, I'll google it.
DW