[AT] paint for rusty surfaces

[charlie hill]

John,  Is there a Sherwin Williams dealer close to you?  If so see if he 
will go to his industrial catalog and get you some "MacroPoxy".  It's an 
epoxy mastic primer but it can be tinted.  It goes on thick unless you thin 
it.  It's two component and works great on rusty metal.  If you can get the 
caked and loose rust off the surface the MacroPoxy will pretty much take 
care of the rest.  It's not cheap unless you know a paint contractor that 
can get you the contractor price on it.  If not it will probably cost you 
about $50 to $60 a gallon (2 gallon kit or 6 gallon kit)  but it has very 
good coverage and is well worth the money.  I've been involved in industrial 
painting on and off for 30 years and it's the best stuff I've ever seen or 
used.   Mix it in equal parts per directions and don't thin it unless you 
have to in order to get it to spray.  It goes on by brush or roller just 
fine.  If you want to roll it I suggest you get the small "pee wee" rollers 
and make sure you get roller naps that are solvent tolerant or they come 
apart in the paint.  Don't mix the whole kit at once.  You might not need it 
all and it's too expensive to waste.  Once it's mixed it will cure no matter 
what you do in a few hours.  If you go to a Sherwin Williams dealer who only 
deals in house paint he might not even know what it is.   Tell him to look 
in his Industrial line for  Macropoxy 646  (tint base unless you just want 
to use a stock color).

I suspect there is a dealer around Durham that carries it.  If you can't 
find it let me know.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: john hall
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 8:12 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] paint for rusty surfaces

I've got a couple pieces of equipment I would like to paint without turning 
them into a major project. Too much time and money to sandblast, wire brush, 
use rust converter or even primer for that matter. The only prep I want to 
do is pressure wash. Any industrial paints out there that work well for this 
type of situation? Obviously I just want to protect from further rusting and 
don't care about what it looks like.

John Hall
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