Thanks Patrick. I've had good results with Rustoleum paints also. This is
apparently a new product.
Mike NF4L
On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> wrote:
> My back porch is held up by 4x4 square steel tubing columns from the patio
> below and 3x8 steel tubing lattice under the porch slab. All this steel was
> some rusty when installed. I painted it all (with no primer) using Rustoleum
> brand "Hammertone" paint which is designed to go on over light rust without
> primer. It was available in two colors, silver and black and I chose black.
> Now over 8 years later the paint looks nearly new. No rust, just nice black
> paint. I have used this paint on several projects since with great success.
> I have used it in both quarts and aerosol spray cans. The spray cans are
> offered at Lowe's in some other colors but the quarts are only stocked in
> silver and black. Special order for gallons or for other colors in cans.
>
> I put up a parking lot barrier of pipe in the ground vertically and
> horizontal pipe connecting the verticals. Painted the pipe with the green
> tinted paint and years later it is good as new.
>
> I have several quart cans of silver tinted as dark green as there was room
> for pigment in the new full cans. It is a light metallic green, a little aqua
> influence... It works fine too. I painted the custom base I welded up for
> my Hy-Gain Hy-Tower vertical antenna on the roof of my all metal barn. It was
> pretty rusty but not flakey. Going on two years and it looks fine.
>
> I spray welded repairs to tractor implements with this paint and it works
> well.
>
> I also have experience with cold galvanize but for rusty steel I choose the
> Rustoleum and don't have to clean off the light non-flakey rust first. Of
> course YMMV.
>
> I used an earlier product by Rustoleum, a primer to go on over rust with
> similar chemistry to the above described paint. I used it on keel bolts of a
> 32 ft sailboat. These were often immersed in salt water. Years later a marine
> surveyor commented on how well preserved they were.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick AF5CK
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