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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[Superhawk996]

In my opinion, you’re over thinking it.

It’s all under carpet. No one sees it.

Don’t sweat a little paint or POR wicking into a sheet metal seam or under the tar. The tar sucks and is basically a place where rust begins to grow under it. No matter what you do short of removing it all, it’s not going to look pretty.

As far as paint, you could leave as just POR (no UV exposure). If you want to paint over POR, it gets trickier - spray paint mist will drift and get on carpet and interior. For a quick fix, you would be better off using a brush. At that point I come back to just leave the POR.

What type of paint? 2k epoxy/urethane would be great but it’s pricy. A decent single stage enamel over the POR and/or seam sealer would be fine. Find what you can at FLAPS or get a pint of paint mixed from local PPG distributor if you want to try to color match. But again no one sees it under carpet.