Undercoating for fender wells

[Bert Knupp]

Volks,

 

Awhile back, one of the group made a suggestion for a great black paint to use to undercoat and protect the fender wells of a beetle before re-installing the fenders. It was for a heavy paint – not POR-15 and not a regular spray-on undercoater, as those are notorious for peeling and trapping crud.

 

Does anyone remember? Or better yet: does anyone have a good recommendation? One friend mentioned paint-on truck bed liner, but I’m skeptical.

 

Bert Knupp in Music City USA

 

 

[John Sroka]

Hey Bert.  Browsing the archives, quite a while back Robert Harding offered this suggestion for a similar application  http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw%40googlegroups.com/msg00706.html 

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[Bert Knupp]

John,

 

Thanks a lot. This is the exchange I was looking for – and Pegarust is the product I was trying to identify. Now to find a retailer who has it …

 

Bert Knupp in Nashville

[Bert Knupp]

Volks,

After searching around – and drawing a blank online with RustOleum (no reply from Customer Service), who ostensibly distributes Mathys Pegarust in the USA – I talked to the old counter guy at my FLAPS. He’s done several restorations. His recommendation:  use Dupli-Color Bed Armor.  It’s a viscous black butyl rubber spray-on truck bed liner product that he says never chips, never peels, and never lets moisture wick underneath it. A can cost under $15. Haven’t tried it yet (been too windy to spray) but the write-ups appear promising.

Does anybody have any experience -- or cautions -- that might help me (and others) coat my fenderwells?

Bert Knupp in Music City USA

Current project:  ’72 SuperBeetle

From: vint...@googlegroups.com [mailto:vint...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bert Knupp

Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 12:55 PM

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Subject: RE: [vintagvw] Undercoating for fender wells

John,

Thanks a lot. This is the exchange I was looking for – and Pegarust is the product I was trying to identify. Now to find a retailer who has it …

Bert Knupp in Nashville

From: vint...@googlegroups.com [mailto:vint...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Sroka

Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 12:24 PM

Hey Bert. 

Browsing the archives, quite a while back Robert Harding offered this suggestion for a similar application  http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw%40googlegroups.com/msg00706.html .

John

[Mike Morehouse]

Bert,

FWIW and I guess I must have read this somewhere on the Vintage VW list when I was restoring my 72 Bug back in 1999, I undercoated my fenders with roofing tar. It has stuck on well, no flaking or rust though car is garaged.  What you found may be better.

Mike Morehouse

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[Michael]

That plastic roofing repair compound is readily available and cheap at Lowes and HD.  But the spray-on or roll/on bed liner would look more uniform.

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