Trailer Paint Job

lncoop

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I just swapped for a trailer to haul my white water raft. Made a few bubba mods last weekend to accommodate the raft but I promised my daughter we'd fix it up however she wanted cosmetically. It's currently "utility trailer black" with just a little surface rust here and there. She wants to do a blue and gray color scheme to match the boat but include flecks to make it sparkle like a bass boat LOL. I think it'll look nice if we do it right. So, how do we do it right? Just clean up the surface rust then just prime and paint, or is there a gooder way? Here's a pic. IMG_1848.JPG
 
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lncoop said:
I just swapped for a trailer to haul my white water raft. Made a few bubba mods last weekend to accommodate the raft but I promised my daughter we'd fix it up however she wanted cosmetically. It's currently "utility trailer black" with just a little surface rust here and there. She wants to do a blue and gray color scheme to match the boat but include flecks to make it sparkle like a bass boat LOL. I think it'll look nice if we do it right. So, how do we do it right? Just clean up the surface rust then just prime and paint, or is there a gooder way? Here's a pic.
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Incoop, one of the gooderest ways to do that is to wire brush the rust using an angle grinder and a cupped wire brush. Then prime, and the color scheme is wide open. Not sure about the metal flake idea. But you certainly can buy pearlescent paints used on cars and such and spray that. It look pretty nice when finished. And with the crystalized paint, it is a very hard durable finish as well. I used a pearl gray (kind of metallic) for my trailer. You can see it below by clicking the trailer link. I also did two other color stripes for a little different look. JMHO!
 
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If you have a compressor I would shoot the primer, visit ebay and look for the metal flake to add to paint......add shot the paint and then shoot some clearcoat.

You add the flake to the paint and it shoots with the gun Go easy and test then add more as needed.
 
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Bob_VT said:
If you have a compressor I would shoot the primer, visit ebay and look for the metal flake to add to paint......add shot the paint and then shoot some clearcoat.

You add the flake to the paint and it shoots with the gun Go easy and test then add more as needed.
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Bob_VT, shooting metal flake could mean he needs a special tip size gun. It really depends on the size of the flake. But usually a large tip opening so the flakes can flow through. Just saying. JMHO!
 
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I have sprayed flake thru the old school metal siphon spray guns ........couple of marbles in the can and spay - agitate and spray some more. Yeah it does take a large tip Many of the old school cheap siphon guns are "disposable" I know peopl,e eho buy them just to shoot epoxy primer and then just throw them away instead of cleaning them.
 
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Bob_VT said:
I have sprayed flake thru the old school metal siphon spray guns ........couple of marbles in the can and spay - agitate and spray some more. Yeah it does take a large tip Many of the old school cheap siphon guns are "disposable" I know peopl,e eho buy them just to shoot epoxy primer and then just throw them away instead of cleaning them.
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Interesting you said that. I was in our local PPG auto paint store last week picking up supplies and they are now offering a new paint gun concept. A 100% never clean setup that even the tip nozzle is disposable with the HVLP cup. It almost looks like a total gun disposal setup with only the handle and trigger being reused. I didn't even ask the price of that. And that is because I don't spray enough for such setups myself. So I use the typical Devilbiss HVLP guns. But I clean them immediately after use. I never put them away where they don't look like brand new.

No auto body shops are allowed to use the syphon guns anymore and that is because the EPA demands HVLP setups. And they even check to make sure that no more then 10psi is being used at the spray tips (40 psi at the gun's inlet) as well. If a surprise visit sees and other gun or the inlet pressure is more the 40psi at the gun inlet, the shop is closed down. The paint shop told me all about such things now. :eek:
 
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