On Mar 25, 6:18*am, Smitty Two wrote:
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*Bob wrote:
I have a set of metal drawers in the lab that are getting old. Ugly
dark, dull green. Looking to paing them black, but I have no idea what
will be durable and not flake off.

I haven't found 2-part black epoxy (though I wouldn't look forward to
dealing with it anyway). Anyone have experience with this?

I don't know what your budget is, but I'm a big fan of powdercoating.
That means taking them down to a local industrial finishing shop, making
friends with the grizzly old guy there even if he does have a picture of
Ronald Reagan on the wall, and asking him what it would cost to have
them thrown in with his next batch.

The correct place is not in the phone book, and when you walk in it
isn't going to be neat and tidy and in a spendy part of town. Those are
signs that you're in the shop used by interior decorators to waste their
clients' money.

To find the correct place, drive down to a couple of machine shops or
sheet metal fabricators, and ask the shop foreman or the guy out in the
parking lot smoking a cigarette, where they send their painting and
powdercoating.

OTOH, if this is strictly low budget DIY, then I'm still a Krylon
advocate. I'm sure you'll hear differing opinions on that, though. As
with any paint job, thorough surface prep is vital. I have a sand blast
cabinet which beats the hell out of any other method of prep.

This.

Second best would be having them sprayed by someone with a real spray
gun (e.g. your neighbor that restores old cars in his spare time.)
Also probably not cheap and possibly just as expensive as powdercoat.

Third choice, for a complete DIY in-your-driveway solution, would be
to strip (probably chemically) wet sand with about 320, then prime and
paint with rattle can automotive primer and "appliance epoxy."

nate