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[GaryBDavis]

Preparation is one of the more important steps and often the key. Once you get good clean metal and a quality paint on it, you can recoat every 8 to 10 years with minimal preparation (no sandblasting). Spray it to keep the thickness down and you can get several recoats and at 8 to 10 years between, that's a pretty good amount of time.

For my corral project, I think I want to try ospho and an aluminum based paint as it blends with the galvanized cattle panels.

[wroughtn_harv]

Originally Posted by GaryBDavis

Preparation is one of the more important steps and often the key. Once you get good clean metal and a quality paint on it, you can recoat every 8 to 10 years with minimal preparation (no sandblasting). Spray it to keep the thickness down and you can get several recoats and at 8 to 10 years between, that's a pretty good amount of time.

For my corral project, I think I want to try ospho and an aluminum based paint as it blends with the galvanized cattle panels.

Gary, I've had very poor luck with aluminum based paint. It either rusts right through very quickly or it chips off easily.

Many years ago a client brushed and cleaned a pipe fence. Then they primed it with aluminum based paint. They then painted it white after the aluminum had weathered a bit. Less than a year later the aluminum was coming off in sheets taking the white with it.

You can buy cold galvanized paint by the gallon. It's expensive, probably two hundred plus per gallon by now. You have to use xylene for thinning and the first time you pick up a gallon you will think it's nailed to the floor. It's that heavy.

[GaryBDavis]

I've used the cold galvanized spary cans for touching up welds on galvanized gates, etc. But, I've never bought it in gallons and sprayed a large project with it. What brand do you recommend and where do you get it?

My only outdoor projects that I've sprayed with aliminum paint are about 2 years old, so I don't have much time to tell how they will hold up. But so far, so good. Maybe it's the excellent prep job I did?

[rox]

Harv & Don,
I can't express how much I have enjoyed reading about your project. Unfortunately, for the third time since Sept 07 i had to send my laptop back to the states so I have been MIA a while. Your thread is one of the first ones I went to to catch up. Right now I know I should be out there pulling weeds, however I am playing hooky and catching up on my TBN threads. Fantastic job the 2 of you. I could not figure out what that large file was going to be watching the development photos and was surprised and gave a chuckle when I saw it turned into a snake. How creative! Your French fans are impressed!!!!

[weldingisfun]

Harv, that was great! What's next? Keep 'em coming. Really enjoy your photos and your narratives.

[Bob Warner]

Awesome project guys. I like the snake and the leaves. Good forging there. When you get done you can send that anvil up to my shop.

I do not envy the forging, done a bit myself and all those leaves can wear you out.

Good job.

[wroughtn_harv]

I was talking to Bob today and he brought up wanting to learn how to use his bender like Patrick and a couple of others have mentioned.

Folks the master of the hand bender is a member of TBN His handle is "craftbender" and he made the two benders I used at Don's.

I'll have to go look for sure but I believe I still have one of his videos on how to do some really trick projects with a hand bender. If he isn't still selling them and if he approves I'll talk to Bobby and see if we can't get it uploaded to youtube.

If you're serious about playing with a handbender like they carry at HF or Northern give Riley a pm.

He's the best. (person and bender operator)

[wroughtn_harv]

Originally Posted by weldingisfun

Harv, that was great! What's next? Keep 'em coming. Really enjoy your photos and your narratives.

We're looking at some fun stuff. One is an outdoor kitchen including a pizza oven. Then there's an arena and a round pen. Plus we're talking about a too kewel cutting horse gate entryway. That's one potential client.

This week I've looked at making a base for a big rock sign, some bridge fencing over a creek by a school, a custom wood fence in a backyard, and doing some security stuff for a landscaper with four inclosed trailers that keep getting broken into. And we're hoping to start sealing the big wood entryway tomorrow. So we've got a pretty full plate without that DNA fence thing crashing in on us early next month.

[jinman]

Originally Posted by wroughtn_harv

If you're serious about playing with a handbender like they carry at HF or Northern give Riley a pm.

He's the best. (person and bender operator)

Harvey, isn't that a bit like going into McDonald's and ordering a Whopper?

[patrick_g]

Harv, (Imagine this in a Jack Nicholson accent, ala "Easy Rider" "Well, I got me a bender." ...but no clue from the instruction manual how to set it up.

Any assistance is appreciated. I'll be waiting for the video.

Pat