How to repaint pallet forks?

   / How to repaint pallet forks? #11  
Call around and get pricing for powder coating.
I have two sets of the forks pictured for moving pallets of bees. (Notice the smoker holder)
I had both of them powder coated a few years ago and they still look perfect.

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   / How to repaint pallet forks? #12  
Are you talking about the frame or the forks? I see no point in painting the forks, that paint will get scraped off in a jiffy if you actually use them. The parts of the frame the forks slide on will be paint free pretty quick too.
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #13  
SEMI-GLOSS black Rustoleum here, Sis. Semi gloss is what John Deere uses on its black painted stuff... More better ..... :)
Jerry,
I needed sleep. All I use is gloss rustoleum. All my other black paint is black.
Now, the OP has a Kubota and didn't say anything about JD. Where did you come up with JD?:confused3: You know anyone with part or all of a tractor's mfg. in their user name is biased.:laughing:
hugs, Brandi
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #14  
Call around and get pricing for powder coating.
I have two sets of the forks pictured for moving pallets of bees. (Notice the smoker holder)
I had both of them powder coated a few years ago and they still look perfect.
What did those forks cost to powder coat?
hugs, Brandi
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #15  
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   / How to repaint pallet forks? #16  
Jerry,
I needed sleep. All I use is gloss rustoleum. All my other black paint is black.
Now, the OP has a Kubota and didn't say anything about JD. Where did you come up with JD?:confused3: You know anyone with part or all of a tractor's mfg. in their user name is biased.:laughing:
hugs, Brandi

Just added JD cuz' I have owned a few of them, and the semi-gloss matches their ' black ' stuff... I don't try to paint all my implements the color of the tractor, just stick with Sunrise Red, semi-gloss black, and sometimes just Rustoleum undercoat brown... [ If you would ever quit that late night work thing, your sleep problem would get better... PLUS, you get more PLAY TIME..!! ]
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks?
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#17  
I have a friend who professionally restores antique vises and anvils. We just spoke and he highly
recommends using Hammerite Rust Cap paint for coating metal. Advises using a
brush on application of their hammered finish. His work is quite impressive.

Is there any way to treat the bare steel tines to prevent corrosion?
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #18  
Just added JD cuz' I have owned a few of them, and the semi-gloss matches their ' black ' stuff... I don't try to paint all my implements the color of the tractor, just stick with Sunrise Red, semi-gloss black, and sometimes just Rustoleum undercoat brown... [ If you would ever quit that late night work thing, your sleep problem would get better... PLUS, you get more PLAY TIME..!! ]
Jerry,
I don't have a sleep problem. I sleep just fine in the daylight. I get plenty of playtime....in the summer. Barn and shop lights make do in the winter. If I got a day job, I wouldn't have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off and I wouldn't be able to afford as many toys, uh......tools for work. Besides, if I wanna play in the sunshine................I just stay up...........while you go to work!
Getting back to the thread..............what all do you undercoat in brown?
hugs, Brandi
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #19  
Is there any way to treat the bare steel tines to prevent corrosion?
When I want to protect a bare finish, like my bucking bars at work, I paint them with Krylon Crystal Clear.
hugs, Brandi
 
   / How to repaint pallet forks? #20  
I used to have a single gang trip disk and an Oliver 3pt dbl bottom plow that I painted brown. Now, most of my stuff is Sunrise Red. Except my snow blower, which is painted with [ and touched up each spring ] with the semi-gloss black. I used to work many years on 3rd shift so I could have the daytime off...
 
 

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