Trailer Refurbishing

[xc500mod]

Fellow John Dee'ers

I am going to restore my boat trailer. It's a 1991 Heritage trailer for my 19 ft Mariah boat. It's currently painted yellow, but has never been repainted. Needless to say it's pretty rusty, but still does work well.

I want to strip the paint, prime it and repaint it black. Does anyone have any recommendations for fast and effcient paint stripping. I was thinking of picking up a rotary wire brush for my 18 volt drill.
If you have any ideas or experience in this let me know.

Thanks and two hands on the bars!

XC 500 mod man

 

[rp7x]

repaint

short of sand blasting don't waist your time , just get a brush and have at it

 

[indy_500]

wire wheel on an angle grinder. strips fresh powdercoat off with ease, may take a tad longer than sandblasting but does the same job with less mess.

 

[peter]

Paint it with POR15 its messy but works great.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Paint it with POR15 its messy but works great.

Wear gloves because that stuff takes a long time to wear off your skin. haha

 

[peter]

Wear gloves because that stuff takes a long time to wear off your skin. haha

It sure does.

 

[wags]

Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzNqVivsDM

 

[mjkaliszak]

You can pick up a speed blaster and some industrial sand if you have the resources ( compressor )
These work great and are relatively cheap.
http://www.zendextool.com/speedblaster/

 

[asmski]

Check around andjust have it sandblasted. I had a local guy sand blast and spray prime my boat trailer for pretty cheap. I thought it would be expensive and was very surprised. Make sure you take the bunks, lights, etc off yourself. They tend to charge more if they have to screw around removing that stuff.

 

[rp7x]

thats how to do it

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