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priming a rusty gate and posts
One of those jobs I've looked at and passed by for years is our front
gate. It's not been touched in 41 years and probably not before that for a while. The posts are steel square RHS and the gates welded mild steel with scroll patterns. They appear to have been primed with a zinc rich paint like galvafroid and then painted black. Now about 50% of the surface is rusty. I can wire brusk the rust and paint over with smooth hammerite but wondered if it was worth applying some phosphoric acid based rust eater and deterent first. If so what is a cheap source as those little tubs for rust spots on cars are far too expensive. |
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