Metal Paint
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Metal Paint
Does anyone know of a good Spanish enamel metal paint? Its coming up to that time when the first week of my holidays will be taken up with House Maintenance and I have to paint the Rejas and Gates. In the past I've used Hammerite but in the Spanish climate that seems to last a year at most before discoloring. Conversely theres some paint on one railing thats lasted years so methinks there must be some superior Spanish brand best suited to the climate.
More Maintenance questions to follow!
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Leroy Merlin have a no name brand of anti-oxidante which is much cheaper than Titanlux. I've bought a can of each to try out & compare. Will try to remember to post results here in a couple of weeks time (if the rain ever stops!)
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Benidorm, it is good stuff and as I say a different thing altogether from the normal hammerite.
Here's a link to a supplier in the UK to give you an idea of the colours etc.
I've actually seen more colours than they seem to stock.
Shop around though, as the price for the same thing varies so much......you can pick it up very cheaply.
Kenny
http://www.flints.co.uk/acatalog/Hammer ... aints.html
Here's a link to a supplier in the UK to give you an idea of the colours etc.
I've actually seen more colours than they seem to stock.
Shop around though, as the price for the same thing varies so much......you can pick it up very cheaply.
Kenny
http://www.flints.co.uk/acatalog/Hammer ... aints.html
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I used Titanlux - it said "esmalte sintetico" on the tin. This was to paint
the outside metal railing on the stairs up to my office. Here's a picture of the tin
http://tinyurl.com/yuvtyf
The key is preparation. First job was to wire-brush all the old paint off,
right down to the metal. I used a circular brush attached to a power drill.
Next is a good coat of primer (the tin on the left). This seems to come in either grey or red.
I used red, but I doubt that it matters much unless your top colour is
white (then use grey undercoat).
After that came the top coat.
Total time: about 16 hours of work - about 2 of which was the final
painting, prep and undercoat took the vast majority of the time.
the outside metal railing on the stairs up to my office. Here's a picture of the tin
http://tinyurl.com/yuvtyf
The key is preparation. First job was to wire-brush all the old paint off,
right down to the metal. I used a circular brush attached to a power drill.
Next is a good coat of primer (the tin on the left). This seems to come in either grey or red.
I used red, but I doubt that it matters much unless your top colour is
white (then use grey undercoat).
After that came the top coat.
Total time: about 16 hours of work - about 2 of which was the final
painting, prep and undercoat took the vast majority of the time.
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