What Product To Brush On Rusty Metal, Suggestions Please

[ron_dittmer]

The under side (pavement side) of our entry step has surface rust that is not bad yet, not flaking rust, not like barnacles. I'd like to brush on a good long-lasting product that is easy to apply. I have used POR-15 on another vehicle which works great but the multi-step process is more than I want to do here given the small, confined area I will work in. I could brush on a few layers of Rust-OLeum rusty metal primer, thinned out for improved penetration, but wonder if there is a better one-step product that I can by at a local retail store.

Any suggestions?

[Golden_HVAC]

Home Depot lists several 'rust converter' products. A quick google search and I found this product. http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rust-converter.html

I have not used either products. I did use something about 10 years ago, it was supplied by a paint company to my work to try out. As I recall it would have a name like 'rust n a me' and it basically converted the surface rust into a very tough primer that was easy to paint, and a hard surface that accepted paint easy. We used Williams Paint as our supplier, and they probably had a rust seminar one day at lunch and presented a 'new' product for everyone to test out. Over the past 10 years, the company that produced that product could have been bought out, and names change, ect.

Good luck,

Fred.