Painting a Galv'd chassis....

Im sure this has been covered a thousand times but as i need to order the bits tonight or first thing in the morning im hoping to get a quick response...
Ive read i need to wash it down with washing up liquid, then apply T wash, then a Zinc Primer, then paint. Is this correct? Can anyone confirm how they did theyres and if its lasted?

Thanks all......

Loads of chassis black then lump a load of ****ty waxoyl onto it then it'll look like the majority of other defenders

A glav chassis is a surefire way of getting it stolen Had a discussion in depth about them at the local club and it is worth hiding. Co if the thieving ****s can get at it, they'll have it stripped in an hour and off to somewhere other than the UK

Straight black hammerite seems to work ok.. thats what I used to do the galv bits of my trailer (well all of it actually), it lives in the garden and has done since I built it about 3 years ago, no problems so far... I'd do it properly on a landy though - going to need to take a lot more abuse than a home made garden trailer lol

as they say above black hamerite / wax oyle

and if it falls / flacks off

do it again next year like the rest of uss

just hide it or loose it...

Drizz said:

Im sure this has been covered a thousand times but as i need to order the bits tonight or first thing in the morning im hoping to get a quick response...
Ive read i need to wash it down with washing up liquid, then apply T wash, then a Zinc Primer, then paint. Is this correct? Can anyone confirm how they did theyres and if its lasted?

Thanks all......

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you right so far or you can use hammerite special metals primmer that goes straight on galv then hammerite. dulux also do a product for bright and weathered galv metal shield qd primer goes straight on then metalshield gloss satin coat top not cheap tho .

Still cant decide whether to paint or not. The cost of paint is rather excessive at the mo!

£30 for a big tub of hammerite or your insurance excess after some tea-leaf nicks your landy because it has a bright shiny galv chassis... Very resellable are landys with galv'd chassis... or if they break it then a galv chassis is a very sought after item...

Nice for you to know you have it, but even nicer for the theiving ****es... Hide it, thats my 2 penneth

GasFiredDisco said:

£30 for a big tub of hammerite or your insurance excess after some tea-leaf nicks your landy because it has a bright shiny galv chassis... Very resellable are landys with galv'd chassis... or if they break it then a galv chassis is a very sought after item...

Nice for you to know you have it, but even nicer for the theiving ****es... Hide it, thats my 2 penneth

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For this very reason I have gone to considerable time and effort to make my whole Landy look like a pile of ****e

GasFiredDisco said:

£30 for a big tub of hammerite or your insurance excess after some tea-leaf nicks your landy because it has a bright shiny galv chassis... Very resellable are landys with galv'd chassis... or if they break it then a galv chassis is a very sought after item...

Nice for you to know you have it, but even nicer for the theiving ****es... Hide it, thats my 2 penneth

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Really?

I was getting quoted £30 a litre for normal paint. I overlooked Hammerite TBH