OkieG
Veteran Member
By the way...,
I want to say I have the utmost respect for the experienced members of this Board and the generous way they share their knowledge for the benefit of us all. My following comments are in no way intended to contradict information they shared in an earlier posts. They are just an observation I have made from my limited personal experience. And are presented as background for the questions at the end of this post.
Last summer I sandblasted some very rusty chunks of steel that eventually became rear wheel weights. I wanted to protect the shiny metal the sandblaster exposed, so I sprayed a good coat of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer. It's a "red" primer. I wasn't sure how well my method of attaching the weights to the wheels would hold up, so I decided not to topcoat with JD yellow until my welds proved themselves. Granted, it's only been about 7-8months, but the primer is adhering very well and there is no sign of rust at all. The welds are also holding up well, so I could have painted, but haven't gotten around to it, and didn't know that primer alone may not protect. The tractor sits outside all day, every day.
What do you think? It it still too early to tell if rust will show? Could some primers contain some of the substances refered to in earlier posts to chemically bind residual rust? Should I resandblast and reprime since the primer has been exposed so long? Just curious. Thanks.
OkieG
I want to say I have the utmost respect for the experienced members of this Board and the generous way they share their knowledge for the benefit of us all. My following comments are in no way intended to contradict information they shared in an earlier posts. They are just an observation I have made from my limited personal experience. And are presented as background for the questions at the end of this post.
Last summer I sandblasted some very rusty chunks of steel that eventually became rear wheel weights. I wanted to protect the shiny metal the sandblaster exposed, so I sprayed a good coat of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer. It's a "red" primer. I wasn't sure how well my method of attaching the weights to the wheels would hold up, so I decided not to topcoat with JD yellow until my welds proved themselves. Granted, it's only been about 7-8months, but the primer is adhering very well and there is no sign of rust at all. The welds are also holding up well, so I could have painted, but haven't gotten around to it, and didn't know that primer alone may not protect. The tractor sits outside all day, every day.
What do you think? It it still too early to tell if rust will show? Could some primers contain some of the substances refered to in earlier posts to chemically bind residual rust? Should I resandblast and reprime since the primer has been exposed so long? Just curious. Thanks.
OkieG
