spray painting metal to a decent finish

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walkie Total Posts : 4892 Reward points : 5687 Joined: 21/11/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 14:59 (permalink) well it's worth a shot, managed to confuse something painted for something enamelled and stripped the bugger!! So I need to repaint this item to a goodish standard (partially sighted elderly lady ) Any tips?
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essex_chris Total Posts : 17251 Reward points : 6233 Joined: 21/08/2005 Location: Essex Status: online Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:05 (permalink) lol see you soon on that BBC Cowboys program What was the finish before? Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak
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walkie Total Posts : 4892 Reward points : 5687 Joined: 21/11/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:15 (permalink) paint
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essex_chris Total Posts : 17251 Reward points : 6233 Joined: 21/08/2005 Location: Essex Status: online Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:24 (permalink) That narrows it down. I'm out. Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak
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walkie Total Posts : 4892 Reward points : 5687 Joined: 21/11/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:26 (permalink) couldn't resist well if I confused it for enamel it was a hard candy gloss finish
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Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:38 (permalink)

I'll drop a line to a couple of the paint guys i know at Ford Dunton. If they're being lazy i'll get a repsonse immediately, busy then i may never get a reply.

How bad is her eyesight?

Awesome pic, but Tony you're not doing yourself many favours posting up tips on preventing the gag reflex and then a picture of a guy touching his toes - Ak

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walkie Total Posts : 4892 Reward points : 5687 Joined: 21/11/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 15:40 (permalink) tbf she was as sound as a pound, she wasn't bothered about having them sprayed but I couldn't leave her with two bare pieces of metal on each side, it looked god awful, hence imo the finish doesn't have to be perfect
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klein Total Posts : 2361 Reward points : 5515 Joined: 26/01/2006 Location: Scotland Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 26 January 2012 16:07 (permalink) what is it that you have to paint and will it need to withstand high temperatures mate? GOALS FOR 2012 Bench: 125kg (Dec 2011 100kg) DL: 200kg (Dec 2011 165kg) Squat: 160kg (Dec 2011 135kg) Seated BTN Military Press: 75kg (Dec 2011 60kg) Weight: 14st Lean (Dec 2011 14st with a bit of chub)
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Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 27 January 2012 20:10 (permalink)

if your gunna use spray tins leave them in a bowl of warm water for half hour before spraying. use a hairdryer to warm the metal your spraying aswell.

but rub down the metal with wet n dry sandpaper 800grit (wet) first. dry the metal warm it. use light dab dab spray movement untill area is covered. then when its dry 3 hours later use 1200 wet n dry (wet) rub it down. before final coat

1 more after each dab spray movement use some old cloth and wipe the nozzle ov the can. so not to et blobs.
dont use a clear coat after its awfull from tinns dulls it

easy

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tac Total Posts : 7886 Reward points : 6218 Joined: 13/05/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 27 January 2012 20:33 (permalink) hammerite is your friend....
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walkie Total Posts : 4892 Reward points : 5687 Joined: 21/11/2005 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:spray painting metal to a decent finish 27 January 2012 20:36 (permalink) Boozer you legend, thanks mate
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