Seeking paint removal recommendations for cast iron

[wazzabie]

I have some vintage outdoor padio furniture (chairs and table) made from cast iron. Would it be to sand blast or would that cause damage to the cast iron? What media should I use?

 

[Mick56]

I have sand blasted cast iron using sand. Worked good with no problems.

 

[Walkers]

Blast away!

 

[dnschmidt]

Blast, use soap and water to wash down to remove all of the sand, air gun to remove all traces of water and shoot with epoxy primer, base and clear. But then again I'm a car painter so epoxy primer, basecoat and clearcoat is very common to me. Less so the the average DIY guy. If you don't mind spending some bucks have it powder coated that **** lasts forever. The blasting part is the first stage of powdercoating so you don't even need to deal with that.

 

[BigMike782]

I have blasted parts at home but once I found out what the powder coat shop near work charges for blasting I have them do it.
I also second powder coat.

 

[skeer]

When I was cleaning up the lathe parts (all cast iron), was just a typical gel paint stripper. Worked quickly.

 

[joe_padavano]

Media blasting is by far the best way. I prefer crushed glass media. If there is no rust, just paint removal, soda blast works very well.

 

[Steve_P]

Blast, use soap and water to wash down to remove all of the sand, air gun to remove all traces of water and shoot with epoxy primer, base and clear. But then again I'm a car painter so epoxy primer, basecoat and clearcoat is very common to me. Less so the the average DIY guy. If you don't mind spending some bucks have it powder coated that **** lasts forever. The blasting part is the first stage of powdercoating so you don't even need to deal with that.

Why would you spend the $$$ to put clearcoat on patio furniture??? I'm all about using good paint, but that's just ******* $ away for no reason; it's patio furniture. It's not like he's going to paint it a fancy $600/gallon metallic and need to do a touch up and have to blend paint so that it'll look exact. I'm not sure about now, but 5-10 years ago auto mfgs were still using single stage on non-metallic colors. For a reason- cost, and that's all that's needed; so I'm pretty sure that'll suffice on patio furniture. Hell, why not recommend he gold plate it??

 

[dnschmidt]

Why would you spend the $$$ to put clearcoat on patio furniture??? I'm all about using good paint, but that's just ******* $ away for no reason; it's patio furniture. It's not like he's going to paint it a fancy $600/gallon metallic and need to do a touch up and have to blend paint so that it'll look exact. I'm not sure about now, but 5-10 years ago auto mfgs were still using single stage on non-metallic colors. For a reason- cost, and that's all that's needed; so I'm pretty sure that'll suffice on patio furniture. Hell, why not recommend he gold plate it??

I have some nice gold Glasurit basecoat that I painted a Camaro with. That would look nice.

 

[wazzabie]

I took it to a professional to have it sand blasted, zinc primer and then powder coated.

 

[Shiftless]

I took it to a professional to have it sand blasted, zinc primer and then powder coated.

I bet that set looks fantastic. Around here, that would cost over $1000

 

[ecotec]

Why would you spend the $$$ to put clearcoat on patio furniture??? I'm all about using good paint, but that's just ******* $ away for no reason; it's patio furniture. It's not like he's going to paint it a fancy $600/gallon metallic and need to do a touch up and have to blend paint so that it'll look exact. I'm not sure about now, but 5-10 years ago auto mfgs were still using single stage on non-metallic colors. For a reason- cost, and that's all that's needed; so I'm pretty sure that'll suffice on patio furniture. Hell, why not recommend he gold plate it??

Not all outdoor furniture is created equally… there is collector level stuff (Woodard, Homecrest, Eames, Bertoia… so many others).

 

[Mr..Plow]

I could see painting a patio furniture set with a nice paint..My wife loves working on projects if I involve her..It may go overboard for me, but I feel lucky she is interested.