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dip paint?
KevinW -
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 10:03pm
 Hey All, Has any one out there dipped any of their work instead of brushing or spraying? The end of these scrolls are rolled up tight and I wonder if there is any type of paint, or at least primer that would get into those tight spots. Maby something that could be thinned down A LOT.  Thanks Rich, You were the
KevinW -
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 1:21pm
Thanks Rich, You were the guy I was hopeing to hear from. It's an outdoor chandelier I'm working on and it is going to live on the Gulf of Mexico. I'm making the chain and it is shure to be a bear to finish also.  Stuff like that is where I
Rich Waugh -
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 2:34pm
Stuff like that is where I generally do my best to sell the client on either stainless steel or silicon bronze. A bit more up front, (okay, a lot more), but no maintenance and no warranty worries for me. Rich |
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Kevin, I generally pickle my
Kevin,
I generally pickle my iron work in dilute muriatic acid to remove scale, then neutralize and rinse. Following that, I use a 95% zinc cold-galvanizing primer that can be thinned to the consistency of water. That would get the zinc powder deep into the crevices fairly well. When that has dried I spray on a heavier coat. I let that coat dry for 24 hours and then spray on a neutral primer coat such as red oxide primer, followed by two or three top coats of whatever I'm using for the final finish.
Really tight scrolls like that are always going to be a problem for finishing n o matter what you do.
Rich