[Shop-talk] Trailer clean-up and paint

[Ronnie Day]

I'm cleaning up and rebuilding a locally built, wood decked utility
trailer. Typical angle iron/tube frame construction. The original paint is
worn, a lot, and there's considerable surface rust. I took it to the
quarter car wash and cleaned it up as best I could.

I'm not inclined to have the whole thing media blasted so the plan is,
doing a section at a time, to use wire brushes and a detail sander to
remove as much of the loose paint as I can, and then hit that area with
rattle can primer/paint to "seal/convert" the rust I can't get off, then
move to the next section.

Realizing there are products out there that supposedly work like magic,
what actually does a decent job? I'm looking for durability and protection,
not a car show finish.

RD
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