Hi All,

looking for some advice re the underside of my escort.
Up of the floor to fit new fuel lines and decided to give it the once over.
Underneath the front arch liners & most of the cavities were waxoyled may moons ago and seemed to held held up pretty well with only tiny bits of surface rust around spot welds and edges.
Likewise the original under seal is pretty much intact. I sorted a couple of bits years ago where it had split, taking it back to bare metal, etching primer and schutz I think.
Needless to say all the brackets for the suspension could do with a thorough clean and paint.

I really don't have the inclination to strip the whole underside. Crawling around under a car doesn't hold the same fascination it did 20 years ago

Don't have the facilties to use 2K paint, hence I was thinking along the following lines:
Get it all cleaned/degreased and wire brush as much of the rust off as possible where it needs painted then use POR15 and their etching primer on any bare metal.
Patch the underseal at the few bits that need it.
Spray it radiant red with aerosols of radiant red.

A) would the original underseal accept paint if it were cleaned and primed?
B) is it worth cleaning of the waxoyl and spraying the front arches with the likes of Eastwoods rubbery stuff ?

Not trying make it concours, just trying to keep the rot at bay.
Any advice, thoughts appreciated