Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk ;¬) wrote:
Bookworm wrote:

Thats why North Sea Oil Rigs aren't painted with Dulux.

On a thread hijack......

what would you (or anyone else) recommend for the best stuff to paint a
non-galvanised, rusting, outside steel balcony with then Bookworm. ?

Ours is suffering badly where the previous owners used to bodge it up
with normal gloss paint once in a while.

and... :¬) what would be the best method of preperation to halt
existing rust?

I am thinking a compressed air "needle gun" for initial attack of paint
& rust flakes.

'tis a job for this summer.
:¬(

Chromate primer, or zinc primer.

Ive had best success with stuff like 'jenolite' which IIRC turns iron
oxide into iron chromate - a tougher proposition by half..then maybe a
zinc loaded primer to pseudo galvanize.

Ideally you would then use something like a tow pack epoxy paint al la
marine (yacht) paint..

Cleaning is simply down to getting everything loose off. - wire
brush,sandblasting, Nitromors etc.