How To Paint Bare Sheet Metal

Hold the spray paint can 12 to 24 inches 30 4 to 60 9 cm from the surface.

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. Instead use a. Metal surfaces require specialized primer and paint for good paint adhesion. When preparing metal for paint checking for rust is important to make sure that the paint will adhere properly to the surface.

For best results keep the can parallel to the sheet metal surface and spray in a back and forth motion over the surface. Prepainted metallic surfaces can be treated almost like any other basic latex or oil painted surface. Now fill a clean paint tray with an oil based paint designed for metal. 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.

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. Wait at least 24 hours for the primer to dry. 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. Any rust that sits between your bare metal and your primer or paint is a problem and must be treated before painting.

The armor and bumpers come unfinished and will need to. Fortunately there are a couple ways to preserve the proper look of bare metal parts. However if you want to paint over prepainted metal you re in luck. Finally wait at least 12 hours to let the paint dry before handling the metal.

Apply spray paint to the sheet 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. See all 11 photos we know this is obvious but for greasy parts the best place to start is the common parts. Spray in a quick smooth and even pattern until the surface is covered.