How To Paint Bare Sheet Metal

In this video i ll go over and show you how i paint raw metal or bare steel products from jcroffroad.

How to paint bare sheet metal. Instead use a. Apply spray paint to the sheet metal. Toward the end of our last installment minor metalwork was completed and a single wet coat of ppg s dp90lf 90 denotes black epoxy primer was applied to surgically clean bare steel. Spray in a quick smooth and even pattern until the surface is covered.

Finally wait at least 12 hours to let the paint dry before handling the metal. The metal might look and feel clean but any grease oil dirt or rust left on there will prevent the paint from properly adhering to the surface. Avoid using water to clean metal. To restore lightly rusted metal surfaces to their original state use a brush to clean off loose rust sand the area and apply a high quality rust inhibitive primer e g.

Hold the spray paint can 12 to 24 inches 30 4 to 60 9 cm from the surface. The armor and bumpers come unfinished and will need to. Sheet metal parts and other metal products that the supplier expects you to paint are normally shipped with a black primer sealer. Any rust that sits between your bare metal and your primer or paint is a problem and must be treated before painting.

When preparing metal for paint checking for rust is important to make sure that the paint will adhere properly to the surface. See all 11 photos we know this is obvious but for greasy parts the best place to start is the common parts. Now fill a clean paint tray with an oil based paint designed for metal. Fortunately there are a couple ways to preserve the proper look of bare metal parts.

For best results keep the can parallel to the sheet metal surface and spray in a back and forth motion over the surface. Apply the paint using a brush or roller starting with the exterior edges to paint the trim before working your way to the easier flatter sections. Metal surfaces require specialized primer and paint for good paint adhesion. However if you want to paint over prepainted metal you re in luck.