Bill Roberts (not verified) -
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 5:51pm
OUCH.......sorry to hear this. There is no doubt about it.....you need to tell folks that you make exterior iron work that there is a maintenance issue that they need to be aware of. This way there are no surprises....you can point out any and all "potential"water traps that need to be observed for the first signs of rust bloom. And then tell them either how to deal with it .....or sell them a maintenance plan(which sux, I wouldn't want to do it)
To be honest.........3 years isn't very good. Chipping paint sounds like it might have been to thick, or the prep work wasn't adequate......the prep work is vital to the quality and longevity of a painted finish. I have a few questions.....Did you sandblast?......what type of primer did you use? Acid etching primer?...and what type of top coat?
As a general rule...anything that has a lot of "water traps" . Those areas need to be addressed........I usually flood them with the primer, after the sandblast. Meaning I take a lil brush and load it with the acid etch primer and cram it down in the lil "innies"....so that I'm flooding that potential water trap. I then take the same brush and quickly dab up the primer that oozes out of the cracks and cranny's.
Then when I'm through spraying the entire rail/whatever with the primer and let it set in prep for the top coat.....I get ready to do the same "flooding of the water traps" with the top coat. Paying even more attention to the excess that oozes out.......so that it isn't left to pool up anywhere. Then just finish spraying the top coat..........viola.
Then....there is always the "hot dipped" galvanizing approach. budget usually comes into the "options" equation. :)
Really sux that you have to deal with this......it's the call we ALL dread. Your not alone.
Bill
OUCH.......sorry to hear
OUCH.......sorry to hear this. There is no doubt about it.....you need to tell folks that you make exterior iron work that there is a maintenance issue that they need to be aware of. This way there are no surprises....you can point out any and all "potential"water traps that need to be observed for the first signs of rust bloom. And then tell them either how to deal with it .....or sell them a maintenance plan(which sux, I wouldn't want to do it)
To be honest.........3 years isn't very good. Chipping paint sounds like it might have been to thick, or the prep work wasn't adequate......the prep work is vital to the quality and longevity of a painted finish. I have a few questions.....Did you sandblast?......what type of primer did you use? Acid etching primer?...and what type of top coat?
As a general rule...anything that has a lot of "water traps" . Those areas need to be addressed........I usually flood them with the primer, after the sandblast. Meaning I take a lil brush and load it with the acid etch primer and cram it down in the lil "innies"....so that I'm flooding that potential water trap. I then take the same brush and quickly dab up the primer that oozes out of the cracks and cranny's.
Then when I'm through spraying the entire rail/whatever with the primer and let it set in prep for the top coat.....I get ready to do the same "flooding of the water traps" with the top coat. Paying even more attention to the excess that oozes out.......so that it isn't left to pool up anywhere. Then just finish spraying the top coat..........viola.
Then....there is always the "hot dipped" galvanizing approach. budget usually comes into the "options" equation. :)
Really sux that you have to deal with this......it's the call we ALL dread. Your not alone.
Bill