Original Posted By: Jack Phillips
Corky,On painting the metal parts, the best process would be powder coating, nextbest would be sprayed epoxy paint. Zinc chromate and rust-o-leum are rightup there too.However, the lighter colors such as white and light grey are better thandarker colors such as black or maroon because the lighter colors show up anyhairline cracking that may (heaven forbid) show up down the line. With thisin mind, motor mounts would fall into this area for light color painting.If you use rust-o-leum, or is it one of the other brands, read the labelclosely, I beleive that the white paint doesn't have the rust inhibitingfeature and they reccomend that to fully inhibit rust, paint with anothercolor and then top coat with white.Anyway, be careful not to pickle your liver and addle your brain whilepainting, use a good mask and paint outside if you can.RodgerIn the Texas Hill Country that's pushing 95 deg.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 11:08:18 -0400 (EDT)