If you don't need to have the black material painted, is it necessary to prime and paint over the metal which will be used outdoors?
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I would not say it's "necessary" but it's recommended on the bottle. If it's a an item, you'd want to keep for awhile (such as my car), I would definitely buy the recommended primer and follow the instructions. I've used just the Plasti-Kote on my windshield wiper arm rather than Plasti-Kote + primer, and thus far, it's okay. BUT, it's Chicago in the summertime right now so there's relatively little chance for the arm to rust again. The true test will be what happens in the winter.
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Technically, I think you would be OK. This stuff not only converts the rust to an inert material, but it produces a thick, hard black coating on the 'non-rusty' parts. However, if the goal is to preserve the metal as long as possible, I would still prime and paint with a high quality enamel paint. I am using ift to refurbish an old BBQ and it is working very well.
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Although it's not required, it's highly recommended that users apply 2 coats of a good quality, oil-based paint over the rust converter; especially if the surface is exposed to outdoor elements.
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Hi Carole, The Sargent paint is acrylic water base so if you are painting over anything other than water based acrylic I would recommend a primer coat. The Sargent paint had a very nice metallic shine once dried. I have 5 of their metallic based paints in blur, red, copper,silver and gold and all have worked wonderfully on canvas, wood and primed metal. If being used outside or around water you should finish with a water based water proofing sealer. Hope this helps. Ed Huffine EAH Abstracts
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You can apply a topcoat, but it isn't necessary. It's also rated for outdoor use.
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It's heavy wire/metal. You should have no problem painting it with a spray can of paint for metal.
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Easily. Just sand lightly and spray a fog of primer (dark) prior to spraying black. Be careful at the recesses not to let the paint gob up or miss a complete coat. You could even use different pull hardware; perhaps silver. And if you want pulls in a different location, fill in the 2 existing holes with pegs & putty, or just putty with adequate drying time, prior to priming.
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Looks like you can, we used sand paper to get rid of rust flakes and applied this on top.. Everything is like blacked paint and stayed like that till now.. If there is something developing inside surface we wiild not know but looks like that black layer itself is water resistant and shut down the rust..
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Easily. Just sand lightly and spray a fog of primer (dark) prior to spraying black. Be careful at the recesses not to let the paint gob up or miss a complete coat.You could even use different pull hardware; perhaps silver. And if you want pulls in a different location, fill in the 2 existing holes with pegs & putty, or just putty with adequate drying time, prior to priming.
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Yes I think you would have to paint but being black maybe not Either way you can try it and it wont hurt anything. My truck is white and the cab corners rusted. Other than that it looks perfect. I'm having it painted this summer but in the meantime I used this product to try and stop the rust from further damage and then covered the corners with an adhesive black film. It matches my wheel flairs that cover the rust on my fenders. I used this product before i put them on. All told it really improved the look but the rust stop by itself wouldn't have been enough to get it where I wanted it
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I have not tried as the four I have built were for storage areas or closets and I was fine with the black resin. I suppose if you bought a quality plastic paint and painted them up before hand that it could be done easy enough.
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I doubt any chrome spray paint will last very long on exterior parts, the only way would be to spray Krylon crystal clear over top but it might make it dull.
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Actually have not painted this material but there are a couple spray painta on the market for plastics. Rust oleum is the one I have used for similar products. Clean it well, follow the weather recomdations, & apply in several light, even coats, starting spray off the material, move smoothly across area, & stop after you get past the edge.
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Not really. If you have a primer coat of any kind, this stuff is amazing, it goes on thick and flattens to a bright chrome and doesn't need black underneath.
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After you convert the rust, it becomes a different and stable metal. You can paint over it with most any paint so I would assume rubberize undercoting is fine.
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You do not have to paint it. If you want to add some small details, it is up to you. But entirely, it is not needed.
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You would have to prime it first and then paint. If you paint without priming the paint may not stick.
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Color of my mirrors was black, so no painting necessary. It can be painted to match the color of your mirrors if they are not black.
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Hello, Unfortunately we don't paint the items, if an item is paint to match item is primed but customer needs to paint the item on their end.Thank you