Paint selection

[ish]

When painting tube work black on a chassis, what kind of paint are people using? Just normal rattle can black or....Hammerite - it is what I had previously used on other chassis. The metal has some rust that I am using a wire wheel to remove.

 

[boxboy]

I just ed used the Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Black Rust Resistant Enamel Spray Paint from lowes... but really I'm lucky I took the time to paint it's not my strong point lol

 

[crash2]

The professional series of rustoleum is the strongest.....

 

[ChrisStewart]

The industrial Tacoma screw brand paint lays on like powdercoat. I use that on the axles and then hammerite for the chassis

 

[KarlVP]

Rustoleum cans with the "fancy" spray nozzle, it's bigger, fatter and white. The bonus is those cans spray upside down too.

 

[Harvester of Sorrow]

Rustoleum 2X rattle cans.

They seem to work at pretty much any angle, laydown thick, and even gloss dries very quickly.

For my cage I used hammered paint, and regardless of the manufacturer I am lucky to get 2/3'rds out of a can due to high particle counts. Makes for touch up work to really be expensive.

Next cage or work I do won't be hammered finish. It will be Rustoleum 2X semi-gloss.

 

[1982cj7]

I used spray bedliner, covers well and stays longer.