[Shop-talk] Painting a steel gate

[John T. Blair]

At 05:43 PM 1/17/2009, old dirtbeard wrote:

 >I have a steel outdoor gate across my drive that needs painting. I don't know
 >if a rattle can would suffice or should I sand, prime and brush it, etc. It
 >has some light rust:

 >I have a compressor and paint guns if that makes more sense. I just 
don't want
 >to turn it into a bigger job than it needs to be.

 >I also would like to know what brand paint you might recommend. Thanks in
 >advance for any recommendations.

Doug,

 From the pictures, it looks like the original paint is pretty 
oxidized.  I would think
that you'd want to really rough it up to give the new paint something 
to stick to.
If not, I think the new paint won't stick very well.

As to how you apply the paint, a brush will give you a thicker coat, which for
an outdoor application like this might be better.

As to the paint, I think I'd use something like Rust-o-lieum or one 
of those types
of paint.  They are designed for metal, covering some rust, and outdoor uses.

John

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