buildspacetrain
7th August 2010, 11:04 PM
Hi Chaps,
Just in the process of painting the new and soon to be finished tandem (only taken me 5 months), and thought I would pass on a painting tip.
Painted the whole frame with a coat of red oxide primer and then decided on charcoal coloured hammer finish paint.
It took 3 top coats to finally cover the red colour of the red oxide undercoat. And even then I can see some very faint red underneath on some areas.
Hammer finish paint ain't cheap and I ended up using 4 litres on a skeleton framed trailer.
BUT it really turned out looking the part and glad I took the extra time for the 3rd coat.
Moral of the story? Use grey or dark colour metal primer!
Cheery O.
Just in the process of painting the new and soon to be finished tandem (only taken me 5 months), and thought I would pass on a painting tip.
Painted the whole frame with a coat of red oxide primer and then decided on charcoal coloured hammer finish paint.
It took 3 top coats to finally cover the red colour of the red oxide undercoat. And even then I can see some very faint red underneath on some areas.
Hammer finish paint ain't cheap and I ended up using 4 litres on a skeleton framed trailer.
BUT it really turned out looking the part and glad I took the extra time for the 3rd coat.
Moral of the story? Use grey or dark colour metal primer!
Cheery O.