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Painting aluminum tipper back

Started this discussion. Last reply by Nic Johnson Mar 28, 2011. 9 Replies

I have a rather large tipper box on the back of one of my vans made out of alumimum (where is the spellchecker). Whilst it looks great when all nice and shiney new, the dulling soon starts.It also…Continue

 

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"Hello Andrew   Welcome to LJN. Thanks for joining and I hope you find the site useful.   Kind regards   Phil Voice"
Mar 29, 2011
Nic Johnson replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"lol re bugs id do it sooner rather than later"
Mar 28, 2011
Andrew Robert Byrne replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"Good tip . I'll almost definately go for the roller method as I've been told that by the time you've taped off all the bits you don't want sprayed , hired a sprayer, thinned the paint, appolgised to the neighbours about…"
Mar 28, 2011
Andrew Robert Byrne replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"I never really thought about the durability (more worried about it peeling straight back off/looking awful). But now you have mentioned it , I have been reminded that I have to repaint a set of gates for a customer every year with the smoothrite as…"
Mar 28, 2011
Nic Johnson replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"http://www.therustshop.com/shop/   try these look at the kbs paint they sell there the uk importer google kbs rust paint and look at the videos this is much better than hammerite hammerite doesnt last and reading what ive read from people that…"
Mar 28, 2011
Andrew Robert Byrne replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"I can actually hear them laughing at us now. I know that they do a fantastic job that comes out like a mirror, but lets face facts here ....its the work van. I'll spend mayby two days trying to keep the van immaculate ......then shove 2 tonnes…"
Mar 28, 2011
Andrew Robert Byrne replied to Andrew Robert Byrne's discussion Painting aluminum tipper back
"Many thanks for the link. This Zinc primer has come up several times and seems to be the best way to get the base down. I know that I've got to sand the whole thing first then clean off with spirites and the primer has to go on asap after…"
Mar 28, 2011
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Painting aluminum tipper back

I have a rather large tipper box on the back of one of my vans made out of alumimum (where is the spellchecker). Whilst it looks great when all nice and shiney new, the dulling soon starts.It also seems to attract a lot of unwanted attention. So what I wanted to do was paint it in the usual company colours.  Thinking this was a fairly normal course of action , I called round a few paint shops. Most were not interested , the rest wanted an absolute fortune. Did find one guy who seemed reasonable…See More
Mar 28, 2011
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At 15:28 on March 29, 2011,
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Hello Andrew

 

Welcome to LJN. Thanks for joining and I hope you find the site useful.

 

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