What paint for machinery?

"Alex" wrote: Can any one recommend a good tough paint for machinery? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you are talking about a paint that will stand hard use, I would suggest something like a porch and floor enamel. If you just want to protect it from rusting, then a couple of coats of almost anything. The reason for two coats is that the second coat will cover any pinholes that happen to remain in the first coat.

I need protection from hard use not just rust.

What is a portch and floor enamel?

Use the epoxy floor paint, the 2 part from Ben Moore only comes in 2 gallon sets, so the single part ben moore is the next best. Unless you want to paint the floor too. Surface prep is the key to both surfaces.

"Alex" wrote: What is a portch and floor enamel? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is the type of paint that is used to paint surfaces that you walk on. It has excellent abrasion resistance.

I'm in the process of preping my Hardinge lathe for paint as we speak. I did a lot of research and decided to use Sherwin-Williams Tile Clad, a water based two part epoxy with no isocyanates.

Tile Clad is used often as a garage floor coating. Sherwin-Williams says it's a " VOC compliant, two-package, epoxy-polyamide coating for use in industrial maintenance environments and high performance architectural applications. Chemical resistant - Dry film resists bacterial attack - Abrasion resistant - Low VOC."

Comes in grey and they can also tint it.

My local Sherwin-Williams store carries it. Not cheap - $45 per gallon and you need a gallon of part A and a gallon of part B. Mix only what you will use at the time - can't save it after it is mixed. I'm going to apply it with a 3" roller and small brush - no spray, no mess.

Ed Ferg

When I use to work for an industrial paint shop all of the new equipment was painted with Amerlock 400 (Elephant gum) two component paint, and anything rusty in the field was painted with DTR "Direct to Rust" paint. All of the stuff in my shop needing paint gets Amerlock 400.

Sounds the same as the ben moore. It is really tough stuff

$90 for painting grinder is a little too much. Can I get similar products in smaller quantities anywhere?

Thanks

Amerlock 400 must be a great stuff but it come only in 2 or 5 gallons. Way too much for me.

I like DuraClad (urethane fortified enamel) that Duron sells. One part, goes on nicely, available in quart sizes and when I took in my South Bend steady rest they were able to match the color exactly.

Steve.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:33:05 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Leo Lichtman" quickly quoth:

I bought some nice alkyd enamel for Dina (my 1920 tablesaurus) when I painted and somewhat refurbed her. Home Depot, $7/qt.

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Friens: Using a good quality playtex enamal on the machined sirfacesw will keep them from rusting farther. I mix paints for zollotone kind finish on my showroom machine. some har pinstriped with the brush too. Hope this helps. I'm preparing a how to do video on machinery rebuilting an drefrubeshments. Pauinting is an atrt unto itself. I know what I'm say to you. Don't be stupid like some and not listening. Thank you. A Babin & Sons ISO 9000 certifiabed job shop. Rebuiding and refreshment of machine tools. Custom pool cue a and ciovers to keep the leaves out. K-MAtr CASGIER #!@ for the hOloOlIdays.