Just want to confirm some results -- wondering if anyone can back me up on this.

Aluminum part that I sanded for paint grab and cleaned with denatured alcohol.

I've tried a lot of paint techniques ranging from professional 2 part coatings, different primers etc but wanted something good for occasional use that I could get in a can.

(1) been priming with epoxy paint, let dry well and lightly sand to get smooth)
(2) 2nd coat, texture black

Ok, if you let dry for 30 days but here's what I recently did --

added another top coat of rustoleum ultra high temp black and baked in 250 oven for a few hours.

wow -- instant durability. (in a can, no less).

anyone else?

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:49:42 AM UTC-7, mkr5000 wrote:
Just want to confirm some results -- wondering if anyone can back me up on this.



Aluminum part that I sanded for paint grab and cleaned with denatured alcohol.



I've tried a lot of paint techniques ranging from professional 2 part coatings, different primers etc but wanted something good for occasional use that I could get in a can.



(1) been priming with epoxy paint, let dry well and lightly sand to get smooth)

(2) 2nd coat, texture black



Ok, if you let dry for 30 days but here's what I recently did --



added another top coat of rustoleum ultra high temp black and baked in 250 oven for a few hours.



wow -- instant durability. (in a can, no less).



anyone else?

Get a home powder coating kit. They're cheap.

I've not tried this on aluminum, but how about letting the first coat of
epoxy paint cure until it is set but still a little tacky, and then spray on
the rustoleum. Should flow and look smooth, and should bind well to the
not-quite-cured epoxy. That's what the instructions for POR-15 epoxy paint
say to do - either let it fully cure, then lightly rough up with sandpaper,
then overpaint, or overpaint while still slightly tacky.

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Regards,
Carl Ijames
"mkr5000" wrote in message
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Just want to confirm some results -- wondering if anyone can back me up on
this.

Aluminum part that I sanded for paint grab and cleaned with denatured
alcohol.

I've tried a lot of paint techniques ranging from professional 2 part
coatings, different primers etc but wanted something good for occasional use
that I could get in a can.

(1) been priming with epoxy paint, let dry well and lightly sand to get
smooth)
(2) 2nd coat, texture black

Ok, if you let dry for 30 days but here's what I recently did --

added another top coat of rustoleum ultra high temp black and baked in 250
oven for a few hours.

wow -- instant durability. (in a can, no less).

anyone else?

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:49:42 -0700 (PDT), mkr5000
wrote:

Just want to confirm some results -- wondering if anyone can back me up on this.

Aluminum part that I sanded for paint grab and cleaned with denatured alcohol.

I've tried a lot of paint techniques ranging from professional 2 part coatings, different primers etc but wanted something good for occasional use that I could get in a can.

(1) been priming with epoxy paint, let dry well and lightly sand to get smooth)
(2) 2nd coat, texture black

Ok, if you let dry for 30 days but here's what I recently did --

added another top coat of rustoleum ultra high temp black and baked in 250 oven for a few hours.

wow -- instant durability. (in a can, no less).

anyone else?

Hating long paint-curing times, I love the instant durability aspect,
Mike.

--
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.
-- Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle'

Carl --

actually I just recently tried that and it works even better than waiting for the epoxy primer to dry.

been spraying the epoxy primer, waiting about 15 minutes then doing a real nice spray pattern with the texture paint. having the texture binding with the epoxy made a difference.

but I must say, the real winner is the high heat paint and then the oven. better than a clear coat and I suppose I could just bypass the texture and go to the high heat if I wanted a smooth finish.

the high heat (rustoleum ultra) will keep i from fingernail scratches within hours, compared to letting the paint cure for 30 days or more. at least, that's what I'm getting.

I have one -- harbor freight but I need to build a decent box for it -- too messy, powder goes everywhere.

On Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:57:57 AM UTC-7, mkr5000 wrote:
I have one -- harbor freight but I need to build a decent box for it -- too messy, powder goes everywhere.

Suggest build a portable knock down spray booth like I have done in the past.

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:49:42 AM UTC-4, mkr5000 wrote:
Just want to confirm some results -- wondering if anyone can back me up on this.



Aluminum part that I sanded for paint grab and cleaned with denatured alcohol.



I've tried a lot of paint techniques ranging from professional 2 part coatings, different primers etc but wanted something good for occasional use that I could get in a can.



(1) been priming with epoxy paint, let dry well and lightly sand to get smooth)

(2) 2nd coat, texture black



Ok, if you let dry for 30 days but here's what I recently did --



added another top coat of rustoleum ultra high temp black and baked in 250 oven for a few hours.



wow -- instant durability. (in a can, no less).



anyone else?

I used to do motorcycle engines by preheating them (sometimes just sitting out in the sun, other times in a 200°F oven and then spraying with plain Krylon flat black, then returning to the heat for a couple of hours. Those paint jobs were practically indestructible.