I still have a half pint of catalyst. They can pry it from my cold, dead hands along with my HOK lacquer.
I know a little something about gelcoat, but with paint...I'm out.
I agree.
Powder coat, if it's stripped down. Maybe a galvanize dip for salt.
I originally was going to do that. But if powder coat chips, you can't fix it.
Powder coat is paint sans the solvents. It can be touched up like any other paint, color sanded and buffed or painted on top of. You can even top coat powder with another color or clear. So, chipping is no problem.
You just touch it up with acrylic paint.
It's all channel. I do have square tube axles though. Cheap and easy to replace.
Has it been in the salt?
Yes. Been sandblasted and right now sitting with a zinc primer
Imron SUX
It's old technology and it's brittle, urethane is your friend
So your saying it will crack and flake off? Even the new marine stuff?
I'm just saying I've been a painter for 35 years and have shot gallons and gallons of Imron and I wouldn't use it on anything I own.
Would you use it on a trailer that goes in salt water?I'm just saying I've been a painter for 35 years and have shot gallons and gallons of Imron and I wouldn't use it on anything I own.
I shot my boat with urethane twenty something years ago and it has held up great. Is it bullet proof? No, but it has held up better than Imron would have.
Big trailer. Plus gonna do the bilge in same color.
Ok. So I can do 1 gallon. I guess I should have asked what the coverage is. Have bought any yet, just priced it. So 1 gallon would do a 38 ft trailer plus a bilge?
They only sell it by the gallon. Por15 is not in the color I want.
8-Tracks were the shit when you were young too!
Last I checked Long Beach was in CA
Yeah. Apparently they reformulated and renamed it. Axalta.Last I checked Long Beach was in CA
That is not a bad price really. I payed $450 gal for off white & $900 gal for yellow when I painted my dump truck. Took almost 15 gal total
Urethanes are more flexible (some of them you don't even have to add flex agent to when painting rubber bumpers)That's what I'm after, more durable as in how. I've seen 20 year old imron on cars that are just know needing some chip repair. Boats aren't getting the road abuse a car does so I can see lasting longer on a boat. But a trailer gets submerged, it get the rocks and sandblast from the road. What are some of the differences that make urethane a more durable paint. Not scientific shit.
Hell even cassette tapes are starting to come back.
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I would think so, they salt the fuck out of the roads here in the winter and I've never had any issues as a result.
Just depends on what paint line you go with, most are a "dedicated system", so you would use the same brand of sealer as you do paint
