Paint my trailer on a shoe string

mickward

Hi All,

I have an 8 x 4 trailer made completely from Steel. it is beginning to show rust trough the paint that came on the trailer. I would like to paint it to keep it right but been Christmas and me been stingy I would like to do a good job but as cheap as possible.

I was thinking of using the farm oxide paint, the grey colour and just blitz everything on the trailer with it.

What do you guys think, or can you suggest an alternative to the above which would be better.

Cheers.

the_pen_turner

Waste of time.
Do it cheap do it again soon

Sand blast the trailer and put proper primer and paint
Or even galvanise it

Citroen2cv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5-xFenaZI

_Brian

mickward wrote: »

Hi All,

I have an 8 x 4 trailer made completely from Steel. it is beginning to show rust trough the paint that came on the trailer. I would like to paint it to keep it right but been Christmas and me been stingy I would like to do a good job but as cheap as possible.

I was thinking of using the farm oxide paint, the grey colour and just blitz everything on the trailer with it.

What do you guys think, or can you suggest an alternative to the above which would be better.

Cheers.

The oxide paint is good but it still needs an undercoat..

Clean down as much as possible, wire brush attachment for a drill or small grinder would be preferable but use a good dust mask.. get as much back to metal as you can.

You'll get tins of spray on undercoat in halfords etc, give the cleaned steel maybe 2 coats allowing to dry in between. Then 2 coats of oxide paint.

Its not a permanent job but it will keep the rust at bay without costing the earth..

Comment above about galvanise while correct is a really expensive job and the jist of the thread is a cheap job so its pointless mentioning galvanising.

jack of all

You'd be better off with a brush on primer, any of the spray primers are expensive and no very economical. Red oxide primer is not expensive and is easy to use.

st1979

A really powerful pressure washer does a good job of removing most of the rust. If you knew someone with a tractor driven one it would be a cheap and fast prep. Mine does 4000psi and often use it before painting a tractor trailer.

the_pen_turner

sometimes the cheap jobs cost to most in the long run

_Brian

the_pen_turner wrote: »

sometimes the cheap jobs cost to most in the long run

And sometimes they don't and are perfectly fine when your on a tight budget.

Pkiernan

the_pen_turner wrote: »

Or even galvanise it

Every DIYer has a hot dip galvanize tank in the shed that will take a trailer, not to mention buckets of zinc sulfate to hand.

Calahonda52

Pkiernan wrote: »

Every DIYer has a hot dip galvanize tank in the shed that will take a trailer, not to mention buckets of zinc sulfate to hand.

Only one, shucks I thought the bust was back.:D

OP, I would be more concerned about any enclosed sections that are permanently wet

CJhaughey

I'd be inclined to strip it and use a flap disc on a mini grinder to remove as much rust as you can.
Treat any rust remaining with some rust neutraliser and then prime with Zinc rich primer and topcoat by brush with some of the new alkyld paint.
John Deere sell excellent paint that isn't expensive and gives a great brush finish not just Green but other colours as well.

hannible the cannible

Please don't sand blast good metal , it takes the protective coating off the metal and will only lead to it rusting faster in the short term if you don't prime it IMMEDIATELY , sand blasting is OK for stuff that's past it's sell by date that you'd like to do up and keep for a while like old cement mixers that would do the job if they're rusty or not , power wash and use nothing more than a flap disk on the rust , do not use a wire brush disc . Knock yourself out with any of the metal paints , they're all essentially the same thing , prime and apply lavishly , do all metal including the chassis