4 replies to this topic

[britaxcooper]

What do people find best i cant decide what to paint the underneath with as its bare metal at the moment.

zinc 182 + a black gate paint/hammerite?
red oxide + " " " "
POR 15 Rust Prevention
"Chassis black"
Zinga Cold Zinc Coating

or this

http://www.rust.co.uk/epoxy-mastic.cfm

theres so many products

[panelbeaterpeter]

Etch primer, POR15, then smooth black hammerite or chassis black would be my choice.

[Dan 1084]

Zinc primer is weld through primer and doesn't have any etching properties so I agree with Peaty above, etch then colour. Thanks Bye

[hoggy]

POR-15 is apparently best applied to bare metal, this is how it works best as a rust preventer. So would there be any need to etch prime, would this not lessen the rust preventing properties of POR-15?

Just wondering as i'm undecided what to use on bare metal frames, floors etc.

I was thinking POR-15 then stonechip, then body colour?


Is zinc 182 no good as a primer for bare metal?

Zinc 182 is a highly effective rust retarding coating. It can be applied to all ferrous metals such as car bodies caravans farm and factory equipment garden tools and furniture gates etc. It can also be used as an ordinary primer on surfaces such as glass fiber wood etc. When hardened Zinc 182 forms a tough surface to which further paint may be applied

Edited by hoggy, 10 April 2008 - 09:03 PM.

[panelbeaterpeter]

No need to use stonechip on anything that isn't going to get alot of wear or contact with the environment. Zinc 182 would do instead of etch primer, but it's rubbish. Tereson Etch is a million times better.