Just picked up 2 vise's

[tater]

Just got this 2 bad boys at a flea market on the way home from the lake

My question is SHOULD I powder coat them? And what color? I have access to all the equipment to do so. I plan on re-selling them as well. What's the value of these do you guys think?

 

[Askme42]

I'd just hammer tone paint them with $10 rattle cans.

 

[lilredex]

Looks like the same one......he might get $20 for that around here.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-tool-other/city-of-toronto/bench-vise/1002439600

 

[ganymede]

My question is SHOULD I powder coat them? And what color?

I wouldn't. Maybe clean it a bit but if I was buying a vise I would want it as found too.

 

[Fretters]

I wouldn't. Maybe clean it a bit but if I was buying a vise I would want it as found too.

Same here. Much prefer to decide myself how I finish my stuff, (which is probably why I seem to be a rusty kit magnet ).

 

[Packard V8]

By the time one sandblasts, powdercoats, advertised and ships, there isn't usually a lot of money to be made in flipping vises; especially the lower-end exposed screw models. The tool sharks around here usually buy low, sell high and push them out the door as found.

jack vines