Wheel well paint

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I want to paint the rear wells on my F-150 due to rock chips,should I use regular black spray paint or an undercoat type paint.I dont want anything that would remain tacky or attract more dirt.

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Ken
 
3M make a spray paint especially for wheel wells. It deadens noise as well. You might like to use that.
 
Matt said:
3M make a spray paint especially for wheel wells. It deadens noise as well. You might like to use that.
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Hopefully I can be find it locally as we do have a Napa and O'reillys auto store
 
Yeap, as a matter of fact, that's the only place I've seen it, at a local auto store.

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On the back of the can it says to be used on undercarriage and wheel well areas- black in colour.

- High build spray on flexible, bituminous sealer & sound deadener.
- Protects against stone damage and corrosion
- Superior sound deadening properties, where noise reduction is required.

The product I currently use to touch up wheelwells is Power Plus underbody coating, although that's a locally made product so probably won't be available for you. I plan on giving the 3M a try once I'm out of the PowerPlus.
 
WEST SIDE said:
I want to paint the rear wells on my F-150 due to rock chips,should I use regular black spray paint or an undercoat type paint.I dont want anything that would remain tacky or attract more dirt.
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Spray paint or traditional spray undercoats will chip off and require reapplication periodically. Wurth makes some products you may want to consider:

High-Build Underseal's description recommends fenderwell application. I've never used it but I don't know if I want anything flexible as it may attract grunge.

Wurth High Build UnderBody UnderSeal

Wurth also makes excellent aerosol Stone Guard in black & clear. I thought AG carried it but don't see it on the site. I use the black on my truck's frame rails, it goes on wrinkled from course to fine depending on how close you get when spraying. The black is slightly glossy and somewhat flexible.. you can dig your fingernail in it... but not gummy-flexible like rubberized undercoat. It scrubs off clean with a brush and retains it's slight gloss. I think you'd enjoy a higher level of chip resistence with this.

I've been able to keep my rear well's paint clean and relatively chip free, so far. If/when I determine they need something to keep them looking better I think I'd try to clean and polish and try the clear Stone Guard. If that didn't look quite right I'd cover 'em up with the black.

TL
 
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