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Default How to paint a steel trailer

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:56:12 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:04:30 -0500, Ignoramus322
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:58:47 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:16:37 -0500, Ignoramus322
wrote:

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

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Home...th-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.

Rino Liner


The price for that is $900. I already asked. I have this brand of
bedliner in my pickup.

i

Have you checked into the doit yourself liners?

http://4wheeldrive.about.com/od/bedl... Bedliners.htm


Yes, they look interesting. But they are not nearly as good as pro
spray in bedliners. For inside the trailer, though, I am pretty set on
using that zinc paint, I think that I already have those 16 cans and
it will actually last, with a touchup here and there or a sheet of
plywood thrown in as needed.

i