Grey paint?

[Johnny chaos]

I have some cabinets and machinery I'd like to paint. Does anyone have any experience with a brand that would hold up well?

I have access to a paint booth and equipment to spray them. I think about a gallon should cover what I have? I would like to paint them an industrial/machine type grey.

 

[chadman]

Rustoleum Enamel for metal works for me. I use "smoke grey".

 

[Johnny chaos]

Thanks

 

[matouse3]

I have used rustoleum enamel as well. It holds up very well. I actually used it to put a glossy coat on my kitchen cabinets in the house that take a beating and it is doing great. Wipes up well too.

 

[Regnar]

I have used Valspar Tractor Ford Grey and it has held up very well. Valspar primer is **** but their paint is great.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Here's a tip: even though we all think of beautiful glossy machinery, a semigloss will usually look better than a gloss.

 

[Viriiguy]

Hey Jack! I just saw your garage in one of my Magazines on my iPad Nice JOB!!


As for paint? Rustoleum...Hammer finish Grey.

 

[6768rogues]

I have had great results with tractor paint from Tractor Supply. It is inexpensive, sprays well and gives good results.

 

[Falcon67]

I was in TSC this afternoon and was looking at the implement paint. Looks like good stuff, lots of colors, but I don't recall seeking anything except gloss. Probably make good bench paint too.

 

[Zeppe807]

I have always found the best paint that resist the most is Duplicolor High Temp Paint, any color. I have found that the nozzle and application rate is better than rustaftertime.

The main issue I have with it is the selection in colors.

 

[6768rogues]

If you really don't want gloss, a flattener can be added. Places that sell car paint can add flattener.

 

[chrisziem]

Used rustoleum enamel for my cellar steel hatch....holds up great

 

[cnc-me]

Lately, have been using car paint from Summit Racing.
Have used Rust-Olem a lot as well.
The Lathe in my avatar, was painted with Rust-Olem light machine gray epoxy,
has held up really well for the last 15 years, still looks like new.

 

[chadman]

In addition to the Rustoleum I mentioned above I have also used the Valspar Tractor & Implement others have mentioned. It also works well but I prefer the Rustoleum.

 

[BWS]

Lots of equip painting goes through here.Big azz spraybooth and a bunch of nice spray equip.Know and do just enough car and bike paint to be dangerous,haha.I mainly can't afford the paint these days..........


Anyhoo,Tractor supply and S/W industrial enamel is what we use on wood and metal equip.Some stuff dosen't get primer'd.Old heavy cast stuff....there really isn't any point.I know a whole lot of folks think thats blasphemy.....but alot of old cast stuff never had any.Sheet metal stuff seems to work better w/primer though.I'd say controling the temps of material and parts along with general humidity concerns is almost more important than paint quality.Again,somewhat goin against the grain.....but high $$ paint thats put on cold is a *****.Get the temps right and you can make even the cheapchit paint work.Its only equip......think about how the original paint was put on.BW

 

[countryroad82]

I used Rustoleum on my cabinets in my shop. I know it isn't correct for me to say it but all I did to them was wipe them down with laquer thinner and sprayed them. They turned out nice for beat to He## metal cabinets that were cast aways from work and it has held up well over the past 5-6 years. I agree with BWS its just equipment and when it was ran through the assembly line there wasn't much prep involved.

 

[lessersivad]

I have found that when using industial, impliment, Rustoleum, etc. type enamel and a less than full gloss finish is desired using laquer thinner to reduce the paint works quite well.

The faster "flash off" of the thinner helps to knock down the gloss.

Just my 2¢.

 

[Camper]

I know I read about so adding hardener to Rustoleum ???
Can anybody tell me what hardener and where to buy it....also how much to mix in.

 

[lessersivad]

I know I read about so adding hardener to Rustoleum ???
Can anybody tell me what hardener and where to buy it....also how much to mix in.

Generally the mix is 8 parts paint to 1 part hardener.

I would say any Tractor Supply store should have the hardener for their impliment paint. Or possibly an auto paint supplier would have it also.

I would say not to use acrylic enamel hardener but synthetic enamel hardener.

I have never tried adding hardener to Rustoleum so you may want to experiment.