just an update on my project.
as i said my frame was painted with some sort of house paint or something under that was the silver standard finish which was rusting off.
i used a wire buff on a drill to get the blue house paint off, then i scored the silver paint with a knife and coated it all in paint srtipper. then using wire buffs stripped all the silver paint off and now im down to the metal. HINT... wire buffing paint stripper gets everywhere and it burns like u wouldnt beleive when it gets in your eyes. WEAR GOGGLESB)!!!
so that got me down to the metal so far ive done the frame and swing arm.
next i bought some products from a range called POR 15. googlwe that its wicked stuff.
MARINE CLEAN
basically you use marine clean degreasing agent to clean the metal and prep it apply the next product.
METAL READY
once your all cleaned up, you spray the metal with metal ready, it kills the rust, etch primes the surface and coats the whole thing in a zinc coating.
HARDNOSE, epoxy 2 pack paint.
i first primed the swing arm with a high quality grey primer. i chose black hardnose you mix the paint up 4 parts paint to 1 part hardner. i brush painted this on as it says on the tin ''wont leave brushmarks'' i was sceptical about this as im crap at painting. this is why i did the swinger first. it came out not bad at all theres a few runs in it but thats cos im crap at painting, but you cant realy see them and now i know whats what when using the hardnose i think ill be ok doing the frame.
learning loads and loads with this build, juist cant wait to get building back up again.
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