[Mgs] Painting Coil Springs

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In a message dated 8/20/2007 9:17:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
temporarilyoffline at gmail.com writes:

I've got  some rust on my coil springs that I'd like to get cleaned and
covered while  I have them on the bench.

Any recommendations for paint?  Salty  Winter roads are approaching my
daily driver  soon.



 
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Well you aren't in much danger of them rusting through, but if  you want to 
clean them up just use Tremclad, as you probably have some oxide on  them 
unless you really sandblast them.
 
You can go for the extroverted red, or the demure black or any  of the other 
colours in their range.
 
I paint a lot of stuff in Rebuilder's Grey (not a Tremclad  product) as it 
makes things look like a raw unpainted casting.
 
Rest assured that sooner or later they will chip anyway as  stones kick up at 
them.
 
Bill