Painting galvanised steel

greenlanebasher · Apr 8, 2016

Hi everyone,
I am just looking into the possibility of painting galvanised parts on my defender and it seems a pretty complicated process to an inexperienced plainer like myself! The cleaning priming and painting process seems well beyond my capabilities. I was browsing google the other day and came across galvacoat. Has anyone used it or had any experience with it? It looks almost too good to be true
http://galvacoat.co.uk

fanatic · Apr 8, 2016

Do a fecking search etch primer

greenlanebasher · Apr 8, 2016

fanatic said:
Do a fecking search etch primer

I'm not asking about etch primer. I was just interested to see if anyone had tried galvacoat. I've done a search on that and can't find anything

Flossie · Apr 8, 2016

Degrease, mordent wash and use standard paint. Done my chassis and bulkhead 12 years ago or so.
All still stuck.

Marmaduke · Apr 8, 2016

As said, you just use etch primer and then top coat in what ever colour you want, what exactly is it you want to paint?

Oldfogey · Apr 9, 2016

It sounds as if you want top paint something already on your vehicle. If so you are in a better position, as 6 months weathering has the same effect as the mordant. I would still use the mordant as a precaution, but you are more likely to be successful if you are not relying on it alone.

greenlanebasher · Apr 9, 2016

The main bit I will be painting is the new galvanised bulkhead I am getting but I also have a few other bits I want to paint. Not had any experience spraying and I would like to do it myself if possible so is it still possible to etch primer, prime and paint with brush and roller? If not I might have to see the local body shop and see if they fancy the job. Any idea on a ball part figure to get a galv bulkhead sprayed?

julianf · Apr 10, 2016

If you're getting me from ashtree they will prime it for 150

Painting galvanised steel

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RESPECT IS EARNED, BEATINGS ARE FREE ;-)

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