paint for a vise

[markitsnappy]

i've got my new to me columbian soaking in some simple green and I'm trying to decide on paint. I was thinking of using the rustoleum engine block paint. I actually like the color a lot and I think it would be pretty durable. what do you guys think?

 

[Warrenator]

Probably better than the paint that came on it! I just repainted my own Columbian D45 with Rust-Oleum Safety Red out of a quart can with a brush. Goes on nice and thick, it is a bit soft at first but will harden up over time. I left it to bake in the sun for a few days.

 

[KSwiss]

I used rustolium hammer tone

 

[dirtydogintex]

Probably better than the paint that came on it! I just repainted my own Columbian D45 with Rust-Oleum Safety Red out of a quart can with a brush. Goes on nice and thick, it is a bit soft at first but will harden up over time. I left it to bake in the sun for a few days.

Painting w/a paint brush instead of the rattle can/powder coat/clear coat/other new fangled methods seen round here? *L*

Did the Rust-Uleum level out ok?

I was thinking about mixing some new w/the old by
brushing 2 part epoxy (hot pink or icy grape/maroon & white or whatever I can scrounge up)
on my guinea pigs that I'm planning to keep.... keep unless an artist type makes me an offer I can't refuse!!

Wonder if there's any pent up demand for tie-dyed vises?

 

[evintho]

I used this....................

to paint this. Very durable stuff.

 

[Warrenator]

Regarding did the Rust-Oleum level out OK? Yes, I think so. I did thin it a little bit, the "Professional" series of paints are fast drying (according to the Rust-Oleum website) and I thought gooped up pretty quickly, I thinned it and did 3 coats over the Rusty Metal Primer. It turned out that I did not need the Rusty Metal Primer since I used dollar store oven cleaner to soften the paint then wire wheeled the whole thing, then neutralized the rust and lye from the oven cleaner with a diluted soak/scrub with Jasco Metal Prep. (Phosphoric Acid based.) The Rusty Metal Primer is supposed to be used on rusty metal (you think they'd tell you that in the name, huh) and if you use it on clean metal like I did the fish oil components in the primer make it kinda oily on the surface and the paint dosn't go on as well. Hence the 3 coats. Here's some before and after pics, I painted the slide for corrosion protection then had to remove the thick spots with a razor blade because the vise wouldn't close. (Don't paint the internal moving parts of the slide!) This vise is going to sit outside so I wanted as much thick rust proofing as possible.

 

[Man of Many Vices]

.... Wonder if there's any pent up demand for tie-dyed vises?[/I]

I don't always paint vises, but when I do, I prefer Rustoleum Hammered.

The tie-dye look is something I never even considered. Although some of my vises look as if Jackson Pollack used them to hold up the canvas while he was flinging paint at 'em.

 

[Trey T]

I like the hammer or wrinkle look too.

 

[KenC]

I'm a big fan of Hammerite hammered finish silver on any metal in my shop. Toughest paint I've ever used! Hard to find and a little pricy, but not too bad. Drys/cures slow and is hard to keep it from running, but the finished product is worth it.