painting mi landy, advise sought.

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just prepping the tub for its annual makeover
due to the capping having lost part of its galvenising ill have to
paint it, the tubs gunna be green and i wonderd what the groups
reccommendations are for the capping, ( i Know its best left galved,
but unless i regalve it all, its not an option)

i thought 1, black ( but think it could look tatty, not sure)
2, a different shade of DBG maybe darker


second question is in what order should i paint, capping first, tub
second. or the other way round, i just dont want to mask new paint up,
to rip it off when i unmask.

any advise greatly appreciated.


Andy
 
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:46:10 +0100, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

> just prepping the tub for its annual makeover
>due to the capping having lost part of its galvenising ill have to
>paint it, the tubs gunna be green and i wonderd what the groups
>reccommendations are for the capping, ( i Know its best left galved,
>but unless i regalve it all, its not an option)
>
>i thought 1, black ( but think it could look tatty, not sure)
> 2, a different shade of DBG maybe darker
>
>

Get a tin of Aluminium paint or Silver paint and do the cappings with
it, looks close enough to galvanised metal.

Alex
 
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:02:05 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:46:10 +0100, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> just prepping the tub for its annual makeover
>>due to the capping having lost part of its galvenising ill have to
>>paint it, the tubs gunna be green and i wonderd what the groups
>>reccommendations are for the capping, ( i Know its best left galved,
>>but unless i regalve it all, its not an option)
>>
>>i thought 1, black ( but think it could look tatty, not sure)
>> 2, a different shade of DBG maybe darker
>>
>>
>
>Get a tin of Aluminium paint or Silver paint and do the cappings with
>it, looks close enough to galvanised metal.

Hammered silver hammerite looks okay too.

 
Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:02:05 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:46:10 +0100, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> just prepping the tub for its annual makeover
> >>due to the capping having lost part of its galvenising ill have to
> >>paint it, the tubs gunna be green and i wonderd what the groups
> >>reccommendations are for the capping, ( i Know its best left galved,
> >>but unless i regalve it all, its not an option)
> >>
> >>i thought 1, black ( but think it could look tatty, not sure)
> >> 2, a different shade of DBG maybe darker
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Get a tin of Aluminium paint or Silver paint and do the cappings with
> >it, looks close enough to galvanised metal.
>
> Hammered silver hammerite looks okay too.

If you mix a bit of black hammerite in (not very well - don't stir too
much), it looks even more like weathered galv.

Tip courtesy of Dave Reynolds, my kitchen, yesterday.

Rich
 
On 23 Aug 2004 04:50:53 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
Brookman) wrote:

>> Hammered silver hammerite looks okay too.
>
>If you mix a bit of black hammerite in (not very well - don't stir too
>much), it looks even more like weathered galv.
>
>Tip courtesy of Dave Reynolds, my kitchen, yesterday.

I will try that next time! Some of my galvanising needs a bit of paint
as its all rusty :(

 
Tom Woods wrote:

> I will try that next time! Some of my galvanising needs a bit of paint
> as its all rusty :(

Yuck! Don't paint bits that are meant to be galv - regalv it! Get yourself
a big pile of bits and get them all done at once, it looks so much better
and that's the job done for another twenty years :)

Regards

William MacLeod
 
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:23:20 GMT, William MacLeod
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Tom Woods wrote:
>
>> I will try that next time! Some of my galvanising needs a bit of paint
>> as its all rusty :(
>
>Yuck! Don't paint bits that are meant to be galv - regalv it! Get yourself
>a big pile of bits and get them all done at once, it looks so much better
>and that's the job done for another twenty years :)

Too late!. I've already redone some bits. I'm trying to keep the galv
but its slowly going away!
Its only on one of the doors anyhow. I shall probably have to replace
the whole door in the not too distant future anyhow.

I reckon that i will wear out the body panels before the galvanised
bits!


 
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