need some help with floor plan fix, peeling the coating, POR15, etc Options

[914 RZ-1]

The M/C leaked all over the floor plan. There's some rust as well. Before I put back everything I thought I would clean it all up.

1. What is the best way to get all the coating off the floor pan? It looks like some sort of asphalt/tar paper. It seems to be peeling off okay with a putty knife. I'm guessing I use some sort of solvent to get the remaining gunk off? Heat gun?

2. I have a kit that has cleaner/degreaser, metal prep and POR15. I also want to reseal around whatever that is (plug?) in the middle with some seam sealer. What order is this all applied?
-cleaner
-prep
-POR15
-seam sealer

OR
-cleaner
-prep
-seam sealer
-POR15

Or some other order?

3. I was going to leave the POR15 as the final coat, but do I need to paint over it? The car is silver/gray, the POR15 is gloss black. It's under the carpet and under the floor mat, so it will not show. I'm more concerned with keeping the rust at bay.

4. Where should I stop the painting? At a seal? At one of the changes in contour of the floor pan? Please note that the car was in an accident many years ago (before my ownership) and was repaired, but the floor pan is still a little uneven. My concern is that the paint will wick under the tar paper, but is that even an issue?

Here's a photo, since I know we all like pictures. There is a pile of tar paper on the left:


Thanks!
-Jeff
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[bkrantz]

How much rust? And how far do you want to go?

If any more than surface rust, then the "right" way to repair to to cut and replace all rotted metal. If surface rust, you can make an adequate repair with rust treatment.

To remove the factory tar sheet, people use all kind of methods. A popular way to to apply some kind of deep freeze to make it more brittle and easier to chip off. Otherwise just use hand labor.