Painting inside the longs, access through the hell hole Options

[ahdoman]

I did an extensive search to no avail...I thought I remember someone mentioning a way to be able to spray paint (POR 15 or other rust treatment) inside the longs just by making a small access hole? I need to close up my hell hole repair but before I do I would like to spray rust treatment into the long. Thankfully the long is not rusted but I can see surface rust down in there. Anybody got any suggestions? A list of parts to do that would be great!

[Joe Owensby]

Eastwood sells just what you need. They have a kit that includes the waxy type sealant along with an assortment of wands needed to spray inside cavities. I used their stuff on mine. You can get one of the spray nozzles put on the end of a 3/8 inch flexible hose, and work it up through the oval hole mentioned earlier. They have spray nozzles that spray out the end, and also out the side. using both of these allows you to get up into the long and also the sides , even with the air tube still in the long. Just spray and rotate to get full coverage as you pull out the hose. I also accessed the front portion of the inner long through a hole inside the front door jam. JoeO

[Wes V]

Steve;

I've seen the spray "wands" at Harbor Freight.

As for spraying POR15, I agree with SirAndy. The stuff works great, but you have to metal brush off all loose flakes first (which you can't do in the longs).

Before you spray anything in there, make sure the drain "holes" along the bottom of the longs are clear of any crap. Now you will ask; "what holes"?? If you look along the bottom seam where the two sections of the longs are spot welded, you will notice that there are areas that open up and leave a gap. I'm pretty sure they were intended as drains. I could be wrong, but I can't think of any other reason for them.

Wes Vann