Morris Minor Owners Club

well folks , stripped out the moggy and hoovered all the crap out ad what a suprise, 80% of the floor pans are ok not to bad at all just need a good wire brushing then a coat of hammerite. so the main rot is at the front and boot inner skirt and rear arch flange.

A good wire brush and a application of 'Fertan' is the way I would go.
My experience with 'Hammerite' has not been good.
I use 'Fertan' as the base coat for all the steel items on my Minor and it works very well.

Not a Hamerite fan at all,
great marketing but it has no rust inhibition qualities in it, and chips relativly easily once its gone hard,

I have been using Upol raptor / pro XL toughox for the last few years on restorations, its designed to land with a rough finish but I normally dilute it down and spray with an old spraygun to get a smoother finish,

its a great product and so hard wearing, but like every product out there, it's no good if its not applied over good rust free metal,

Steve

That's the benefit of 'Fertan' - it converts the rust to a inert stable surface and provides a good base for paint.

Fertan then red oxide is my prefered method. The floor will be covered by a carpet no doubt, so it won't be seen. Wilco used to sell cheap but good red oxide.

ferton and red oxide it is then thanks every on.

sorry fertan,,(getting old)

several years ago I bought a gallon of Fertan ( I own landrovers) a small amount in an old pump spray antipersperant bottle goes a long way,

and covers better than slopping it on with a brush,

Agree re Hammerite, I don't like the finish either, and it does not seem to take kindly to being painted over. Fertan good stuff but messy and stains like nothing else on earth. Red oxide primer and a good quality topcoat is fine.

ndevans wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:41 pm Agree re Hammerite, I don't like the finish either, and it does not seem to take kindly to being painted over. Fertan good stuff but messy and stains like nothing else on earth. Red oxide primer and a good quality topcoat is fine.

It's no surprise that Fertan stains so badly. It is mainly Tannic acid. Iron gall Ink (Ferrous tannate) was made by boiling oak galls with iron salts and was used for nearly 1400 years in the UK and elsewhere.

Stephen