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Bps



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Painting Ifor top
Has anyone painted an ifor pig tin? Iā€™d be grateful for paint recommendations if you have

Cheers

Brad
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The Zee



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United Kingdom 2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Indus Silver
Very much depends on what the material used to manufactuer is:

If it's Aluminium.
Wash with water and strong detergent mix, use a scrb brish to remove all muck, and water soluable comtamination.
Rinse / wash very well to remove the above detergent and contamination
Scotchbright pads to scrub and key the surface.
Wipe with brake cleaner or other volatile solvent to remove grease and sanding debris.
Surface must be keyed, clean and grease free for the following step.
Etch prime. (may be 2 coats?)
Base coat / under coat (colour matched maybe?)
Top colour coat (2 coats)
Laquer / Clear coat if needed/wanted

If galvanised steel, then I believe Wash, rinse, scotch bright, solvent wipe then use a Mordant step to prep the zinc galvanise coating before

If it's bare steel (un-galvanised) then just a normal non-etch primer will do. You still need to do the surface prep to ensure best adhesion of the paint to the metal.

May need to carefully / gentle rub down between coats for best finish
I'm assuming your going to spray the paint, if brush or roller then still same just one coat of etch is needed.

Any hard corners or sharp edges can be curved/chamfer/smoothed and should be given a extra layer of primer, base and top coat to prevent "grinning" where the paint thickness is thin due to the harsh edge, it's where corrosion or damage will show first.

Good Luck Thumbs Up Zaid-M
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Bps



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Thank you šŸ‘
Post #962358 20th Aug 2022 9:05pm
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geobloke



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Drop Ifor Williams a line and ask them... https://www.iwt.co.uk/customer-care/

If they do not reply let me know and I will pop down and have a chat with them Thumbs Up
Post #962381 21st Aug 2022 10:07am
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Mdm



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good clean and degrease and the local farmer near us uses floor paint on his..... rollered on.

or the raptor spray bedliner spray seems to stick well.
Post #962387 21st Aug 2022 11:45am
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