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Hi all,
have some galvanised steel railings which were badly painted a few
years ago (e.g. looks like they weren't primed and the gloss paint is
now flaking off)

What's the best way to re-paint them.
Should I just go over them with a sander and put Hammerite on them?

I had some galvanised garage doors that had just been glossed and were
peeling badly, from memory I just scraped the loose paint off with a
standard scraper, I think it pretty much all came away easily, any bits
that were still adhering I'd have left, painted the bare metal with a
coat of appropriate primer, and eight years later not a sign of flaking.

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