nobber

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #1

What do you guys reckon? Wire brush or heat gun? Zink primer and satin black finish?

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #2

angle grinder with a wire wheel and good eye protection

 

Flossie

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #3

And body/face protection, had the wires pin me tee shirt to me chest once or twice.

 

nobber

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #4

So whats the story with zinc paint? Does it work? Can it be painted over?

 

Coffeelandy

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #5

nobber said:

So whats the story with zinc paint? Does it work? Can it be painted over?

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I'm after a similar answer, sand down, zinc, etch then paint????

 

jamesmartin

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #6

zinc primer is good and paints over well

 

MrNasty

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #7

get it powder coated, Excel in Mildenhall are pretty cheap and do a hard wearing slightly textured finish that they do for a few off road parts companies and Safety Devices roll cages who are on the same estate.

 

Discokids

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #8

Wire brush on a grinder is old hat, and hard work. Bits of wire stuck in everything in a 10 metre radius like arrows, melts and smudges paint rather than removing it. Try a poly wheel instead. Quicker, safer, quieter. Not great for rust but there's always Fertan.

 

flat

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #9

I used a flap wheel in a grinder when I did mine.

 

Flossie

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #10

Coffeelandy said:

I'm after a similar answer, sand down, zinc, etch then paint????

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Etch is used on the bare metal (if needed) not on top of paint.
Use etch on surfaces that paint don't like to stick to like aluminium, plastic, galv etc

 

Yoyodyne

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #11

Cup brush on an angle grinder. Then a zinc rich primer. Then anything except Hammerite.

 

nobber

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• Jan 26, 2016

• #12

MrNasty said:

get it powder coated, Excel in Mildenhall are pretty cheap and do a hard wearing slightly textured finish that they do for a few off road parts companies and Safety Devices roll cages who are on the same estate.

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That old powder coating is good to begin with but rust will soon bubble up under it, I'm not a big fan of powder coating. I did think about galvanizing it.

 

MrNasty

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• Jan 26, 2016

• #13

Fair enough, it's possible to powder coat stuff where it doesn't flake off, excel have al kinds of techniques, especially if you get it hot galvanised sprayed first by a guy in Hockwold that does hot blasting and galv coatings. Things improve........

 

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blackstrat

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• Jan 26, 2016

• #14

Could get it blasted then spray it with satin black ceramic exhaust paint I did one a while back came up luvverly and easy to repair if u scratch it..

 

listerdiesel

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Events Planner

• Jan 28, 2016

• #15

Shot blast and hot zinc spray, followed by semi-gloss powder coat.

Peter

 

nobber

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• Feb 6, 2016

• #16

MrNasty said:

Fair enough, it's possible to powder coat stuff where it doesn't flake off, excel have al kinds of techniques, especially if you get it hot galvanised sprayed first by a guy in Hockwold that does hot blasting and galv coatings. Things improve........

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Is that Garner Blast in Hockwold?

 

MrNasty

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• Feb 8, 2016

• #17

Not sure if his name, but he is almost next to the base at Feltwell on the main road, he did some blasting for me a while ago and got sprayed galv