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How to paint a steel trailer Ignoramus322 04-03-2007
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Posted by Ignoramus322 on April 3, 2007, 10:16 am


I have this trailer that I made with a military surplus bed.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Homemade-Trailer-With-M105A2-Bed/

Now that warmer weather has come, I can think about painting it.

The bed has some rust spots and such. I would like to know if there is
a way to paint it such that it will only need minor maintenance from
now on.

As an extra tidbit, I have 16 aerosol cans with "93% zinc paint". It
seems to be good stuff.

So, my plan for the INSIDE of the bed is to take a angle grinder, with
a 6" wire brush, do a decent wire brushing job, and simply apply this
ZINC spray paint on the inside. I do expect to do some touching up
once in a while as the bed gets scratched, etc, but I hope that it
would just be a few minuts per year.

A bigger question is what to do on the outside. There is a lot more
paint left on the outside and I sort of like the camo color
pattern. (though the grey color is not bad also and would fit the
color of my pickup)

Ideally, I would like to find a way to mostly preserve this pattern. A
few months ago, on the spur of the moment, I bought a couple of little
cans of paint at the local pro paint store, but I am a little doubtful
that latex paint will really adhere. Does anyone hve any experience
with repainting with latex over old paint or wirebrushed rust.


Any thoughts.

i

Posted by Mike Berger on April 3, 2007, 11:07 am


What you need is a good one-step camouflage spray paint.

Ignoramus322 wrote:
> I have this trailer that I made with a military surplus bed.
...
>
> A bigger question is what to do on the outside. There is a lot more
> paint left on the outside and I sort of like the camo color
> pattern. (though the grey color is not bad also and would fit the
> color of my pickup)
>
> Ideally, I would like to find a way to mostly preserve this pattern. A
> few months ago, on the spur of the moment, I bought a couple of little
> cans of paint at the local pro paint store, but I am a little doubtful
> that latex paint will really adhere. Does anyone hve any experience
> with repainting with latex over old paint or wirebrushed rust.

Posted by Ignoramus322 on April 3, 2007, 11:50 am


> What you need is a good one-step camouflage spray paint.

Would you have any specific suggestions as to what paint to use?

i

> Ignoramus322 wrote:
>> I have this trailer that I made with a military surplus bed.
> ...
>>
>> A bigger question is what to do on the outside. There is a lot more
>> paint left on the outside and I sort of like the camo color
>> pattern. (though the grey color is not bad also and would fit the
>> color of my pickup)
>>
>> Ideally, I would like to find a way to mostly preserve this pattern. A
>> few months ago, on the spur of the moment, I bought a couple of little
>> cans of paint at the local pro paint store, but I am a little doubtful
>> that latex paint will really adhere. Does anyone hve any experience
>> with repainting with latex over old paint or wirebrushed rust.

Posted by Leo Lichtman on April 3, 2007, 1:46 pm



Mike Berger wrote: What you need is a good one-step camouflage spray
paint.
Iggy wrote: Would you have any specific suggestions as to what paint to
use?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have some, but I set it down, and now I can't find it.



Posted by Gunner on April 3, 2007, 2:54 pm


On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:46:51 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"

>
>Mike Berger wrote: What you need is a good one-step camouflage spray
>paint.
> Iggy wrote: Would you have any specific suggestions as to what paint to
>use?
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I have some, but I set it down, and now I can't find it.
>
Its right next to the can of Kelly Green Paisley paint. Hard to miss it.


Gunner

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