Floors - Rust Encapsulator

Hey I just thought I would take some pictures of the work I have been doing on my 65 and show them here. I bought some of Eastwoods Rust Encapsulator and pulled everything out of the interior to inspect for rust and protect the floor from further rusting. I actually didn't have to much rust thankfully. I have a couple pinholes and a larger hole on the passenger side pan. So I proceeded to remove all of the old seam sealer, loose paint and crap off the floors with a scraper and wire wheels on a drill, it took a long time but it all came off ok. Cleaned with soap and washed. Then I applied the RE everywhere that is not going to be seen...in these pictures not everything is covered yet and the RE is still wet here but I have since pretty much finished. I have some paintable seam sealer that I bought from eastwood that I am now going to use on all the seams next. And tomorrow I have some Lizard Skin Ceramic Sound Insulation and Thermal Insulation coming. I am also going to order a new carpet from ACC that will have their 'mass' back to further help with sound reduction. I will post some more pictures after all the steps and I will tell you all about how well the stuff works out since I don't believe there are many real experiences here yet with Lizard Skin especially. But I would highly reccomend the RE, I have used it on my trunk previously and it is easy to work with and dries really nice looking even when painted with a brush.

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Thank you! I was told by a forum member here that I did not need to. The directions on the can also said to just remove loose paint and loose rust. The RE dried fine and adhered well to all the surfaces; painted, rusted, and bare metal.

I got it from Summit Racing's website. I think I paid $180 for each bucket and I got 1 bucket of the Sound Reducer and 1 bucket of the Thermal Insulation.

The Lizard Skin product went over the Rust Encapsulator product very well. Like I said before I used both the Thermal and Sound Control stuff and I painted both products on with a paintbrush because I did not want to buy their gun thing. The paintbrush worked better with the Sound Control and was tougher with the Thermal stuff but I didn't think it was that difficult. The Thermal layer goes on last and it does leave an uneven surface and looks like cement but I don't really mind, maybe some sanding here and there and some paint would make it look better if you really wanted which I might do. I have been driving it now for about a month and while I don't think I can completely rate the product yet as I havn't gotten the complete firewall yet I can say that the transmission tunnel does not get as hot as it used to. I'm not really sure about sound reduction as I hadn't driven it for so long and like I said I havn't finished but it seems like it may have helped with exhuast noise but you would really need to compare with a car without it and one with or a dB meter before and after or something. There is also a hole in the firewall to the engine compartment that needs to be fixed...So in the end the product worked well for me in terms of application but I won't know for sure of its functionality until I finish covering the firewall on the inside and finish up with the whole project..... The reason I didn't do it was because I want to cover the whole thing up under the dash and I wasn't ready to remove all the crap from under there. I will put up a picture of the finsihed work but it is a really bad picture. I will be doing more work with it this winter so I'll have more pictures in the future along with more comments about the stuff.