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Cleaning outside of Cast Iron bath for Painting
I've been advised to clean off the rust and old paint and repaint with
hammerite type paint. Just how much rust will hammerite tolerate? I'm using a abrasive disc on a 115mm grinder, and its taking off the paint and surface rust fine but the surface is somewhat uneven and there's rust in the pits. Do I need to treat for these rust areas? The bath is outside upsidedown so access is as good as it can be. Rob |
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Cleaning outside of Cast Iron bath for Painting
Rob Graham wrote:
I've been advised to clean off the rust and old paint and repaint with hammerite type paint. Just how much rust will hammerite tolerate? I'm using a abrasive disc on a 115mm grinder, and its taking off the paint and surface rust fine but the surface is somewhat uneven and there's rust in the pits. Do I need to treat for these rust areas? The bath is outside upsidedown so access is as good as it can be. I thought the whole point of finishes like hammerite was that you could just brush of the loose rust and then paint directly over what was left... at least that's what the advert on the telly used to say ;-) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Cleaning outside of Cast Iron bath for Painting
Rob Graham wrote:
I've been advised to clean off the rust and old paint and repaint with hammerite type paint. Just how much rust will hammerite tolerate? I'm using a abrasive disc on a 115mm grinder, and its taking off the paint and surface rust fine but the surface is somewhat uneven and there's rust in the pits. Do I need to treat for these rust areas? The bath is outside upsidedown so access is as good as it can be. Rob just wirebrush, treat with 'jenolite' or other phosphoric or chromic acid stabiliser. wash off teh acid, and use a decent paint. |
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Cleaning outside of Cast Iron bath for Painting
Rob Graham wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ... Rob Graham wrote: I've been advised to clean off the rust and old paint and repaint with hammerite type paint. Just how much rust will hammerite tolerate? I'm using a abrasive disc on a 115mm grinder, and its taking off the paint and surface rust fine but the surface is somewhat uneven and there's rust in the pits. Do I need to treat for these rust areas? The bath is outside upsidedown so access is as good as it can be. Rob just wirebrush, treat with 'jenolite' or other phosphoric or chromic acid stabiliser. wash off teh acid, and use a decent paint. Thanks - that's certainly what I would have done with the car but I'm now concerned about the enamel that I've found under the old paint. well, either its stuck or it will fall off - just stabilise it as discussed, and coat with something gooey. you might want to brush a thin epoxy coat over everything. Rob |
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