Painting Leaf springs.

Anyone recommend a paint to paint leafsprings with?

Cheers

we used to wrap them in denso tape back in the day, you may find either hammerite or engine enamel good

dulux gloss

nah dont know, but thinkpink would look good

right, nock them to bits and wire wheel them up, then grease between the leafs before assembly, then put them back together ,
wipe off the grease thats sperted out the sides then paint them with somethin flexable, like 2 coats of redoxide then a good chassis black etc,

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after

Cheers TC, I forgot to mention that they are new parrabolics I don't reckon that will make much difference though

Not going to take em apart though!

parrats bollix ? yup, prime and paint , might benifit from a good etch primer first depending on the finish

Whose Are they?
The good'n's shouldn't need painting; bad n's from reports will have probavbly sagged before they've had a chance to rust!
Smoothrite has always been a favorite one for me; its very plastic, used it on dirt bikes for years, got a lot of give in it, and tends to work a bit like stone-chip, as in it doesn't.

British Spirings - I want to paint them for 2 reasons.

1. They have been sitting about for quite a while and a bit of paint has flaked and chiped off

2. I hate anything that looks blingy... and they are green Just want them black so they don't look out of place.

Mseries3 said:

British Spirings - I want to paint them for 2 reasons.

1. They have been sitting about for quite a while and a bit of paint has flaked and chiped off

2. I hate anything that looks blingy... and they are green Just want them black so they don't look out of place.

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Black Smoothrite! The Universal Coverall!

In the good old days we painted springs with EP140 oil, then sewed on a leather cover over them!

Well-oiled springs make for a much smoother ride, and usually quieter too.

CharlesY

yeah - but yu dont get many wooden carts nowadays, CharlesY :bolt.