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Posted by Al Kondo on August 20, 2005, 1:54 pm
I am doing a painting project for my church. I am painting some large
metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
Houise and Trim.
After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
would appreciate some advice.
Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by EXT on August 20, 2005, 11:03 am
That is house and trim paint. I would go for an exterior oil gloss paint,
the type that your local car repair shop uses to repair car paint. It lasts
on a car, it should last on a gate. I have also had good results with a
"rust" paint such as "Tremclad" or "Rustoleum", especially when used over a
quality metal primer instead of direct on the metal.
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> I am doing a painting project for my church. I am painting some large
> metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
> have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
> sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
> suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
> exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
> Houise and Trim.
> After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
> The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
> want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
> for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
> would appreciate some advice.
> Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by George on August 20, 2005, 3:26 pm
Al Kondo wrote:
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> I am doing a painting project for my church. I am painting some large
> metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
> have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
> sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
> suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
> exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
> Houise and Trim.
If you are looking for quality paint it is better to avoid the box
stores and go to a real paint store.
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> After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
> The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
> want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
> for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
> would appreciate some advice.
>
> Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by Warren Weber on August 20, 2005, 4:54 pm
>I am doing a painting project for my church. I am painting some large
> metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
> have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
> sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
> suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
> exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
> Houise and Trim.
> After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
> The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
> want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
> for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
> would appreciate some advice.
> Thanks, Al Kondo
AK. 5 years ago I sanded and primed the top of my truck and spray canned
with Krylon Gloss White. Truck sits out all the time, not garaged. Paint
still in excellent condition. WW
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Posted by George E. Cawthon on August 20, 2005, 10:04 pm
Al Kondo wrote:
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> I am doing a painting project for my church. I am painting some large
> metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
> have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
> sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
> suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
> exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
> Houise and Trim.
>
> After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
> The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
> want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
> for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
> would appreciate some advice.
>
> Thanks, Al Kondo
Yes there are better options. Any kind of latex
paint is a poor options on metal. If I were you I
would use a gloss Rust Oelum oil base. I assume
your rusty metal primer was oil based, so all you
need to do is spray on the oil based paint. I
put RustOleum on the roof of my metal tool shed.
Sprayed with their brown primer then a coat of
gloss white. That's about as severe duty as you
get without being next to the ocean or a very big
lake. Still looks good.
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> metal gates which secure portions of the church when it is closed. I
> have prepared the surfaces of the gates (i.e., removed chipping paint,
> sanded and cleaned) and applied a rusty metal primer. At the
> suggestion of the paint person at Lowes, I bought a gallon of an
> exterior latex from Lowe's: American Tradition 100% Acrylic Semi-Gloss
> Houise and Trim.
> After buying the Lowe's paint, I've begun to have second thoughts.
> The gates are exposed to direct sunlight several hours of the day. I
> want the paint job to last for some years. Are there better options
> for paint than the one I selected if the objective is longevity? I
> would appreciate some advice.
> Thanks, Al Kondo