Painting a Pipe Fence

[DocHeb]

Are you trying for a "3-foot finish" or a "23-foot finish"? When I was younger and fixing junk cars that's how we would describe the level of detail put into the finish - how many feet back you would have to stand to have the paint job look good.

The new "rust-convertor" paint products do a fairly good job of changing iron oxide into a zinc compound that can be painted, and for an outdoor fence I'd use it to get a 23-foot finfish. That's a lot of wire-wheel work to get a 3-foot finish on a fence that will rust again anyway.

I'd vote for powerwash to remove the chalk and dirt, let it dry, Rust Reformer, then Rustoleum.

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>Is there a better way??? </font color=blue>

I don't know; don't think there is a "good" way. It's just a big job any way you go about it. But I don't understand how you're going to use that wire wheel very effectively with a wire fence tied to the pipe. I think sandblasting would be the best way, but don't know what it would cost. You'd certainly go through a lot of sand (although it's relatively cheap), and then you need protective gear to wear and the sand bouncing back will ruin the lense on the goggles you wear (if you have the same luck I've had). And of course spray painting is what I think is the best way to paint, but I think you're going to waste a lot of paint from overspray with a fence, too.