Krylon!!!

Or my favorite, the .88 cent Walmart special

 

Yea-rattle can black. Forget the POR 15, process takes too long and must be done perfectly to have the proper end results. Just go use some good old rattle cans.
Maybe you should post a question like this in the newbie section, instead of here, not many worry about how their axles look!

 

Maybe you should post a question like this in the newbie section, instead of here, not many worry about how their axles look! [/B][/QUOTE]

That may be, but I'm investing thousands on the project, including completely rebuilding the axles. Why not take some time and paint them?

 

Hammerite. its the best stuff. i have only ever found it at the home depot. i liked it so much i actually painted my whole cab with it

 

Hammerite IS cool, but if you ever paint over it without completely removing the old paint, it will wrinkle the new paint.

I did my bumper with it once, and decided to go gloss black to match the rear powdercoat. I sanded it down, leaving some paint in the low spots. Within a few days, the new paint wrinkled in those areas.

You can also get Hammerite in quart and gallon cans, thin it, and use a spray gun.

I love the stuff.

M.

 

Maybe you should post a question like this in the newbie section, instead of here, not many worry about how their axles look!

That may be, but I'm investing thousands on the project, including completely rebuilding the axles. Why not take some time and paint them? [/B][/QUOTE]

While your at it get a chrome diff cover for it aswell:flipoff2:

 

I used rusteloum gloss black. Cleaned the axle really well with first super clean, then simple green, getting as much of the crud off of it as I could. Washed it over and over with the pressure washer, let it sit outside for a day or 2 to completely dry, then laid down about 6-7 thin coats. I let it dry until it was hard before I moved it (I think it is 48 or 72 hours), and it turned out great.

 

GRM, I like your sig. But you need to add "The Peeps in the Pacific Northwest think it's a nice day"

:End Hijack:

 

Rustoleum Semi-Gloss Black - Touch up as necessary.

Flat looks cool as hell but only looks good right after you spray it. You can't clear it because then it wouldn't be flat.

CJ

 

rustolium hammerite in black, hard as hell and spray over surface rust

 

First... "Rustoleum" makes the cloned "HAMMERED"... not HAMMERITE.

Hammerite is from "RUST CAP".... they make the best paints... Rusto ripped them off... and by comparison... they suck.

Get it at TCP Global... online.

 

That may be, but I'm investing thousands on the project, including completely rebuilding the axles. Why not take some time and paint them?

Don't get me wrong, just figured this would be more suited for the newbie section.
I know what your saying when it comes to making it look decent while it's all ripped apart, do it right the first time. POR is a pain to work with, I've done the frame of my FJ40 in it and it took about 100 hours between prep and paint, that's having it professionally sandblasted. POR 15 is expensive when all is said and done, go for the stuff that's easy to work with and can be touched up without high cost, Krylon, rustoleum or Hammerite are all decent and easy enough to touch up.

 

Funny you should start this thread...I just got in from painting my front axle housing...HAMMERITE BLACK.

Honestly, it's the best thing going, it'll smooth out just about any knicks, it cleans up well once it's dry (duh), and you can touch it up forever.

I think of it as 'Poor Man's Powder Coating'.

'Course if you are spending thousands like you say (who hasn't on their own truck though...), you ought to get them powdercoated.

:flipoff2:

 

I just cleaned mine up real well with "Total Prep" and shot it with paint from Advanced. I was bored one afternoon and didn't want the axle to rust sitting in the damp basement till I can finish it this summer, so this is what I did:

 

:flipoff2:

 

 

Last one.....poser enough for ya??

 

If you are really going to wheel it, I'd have to agree with tanzuki...get the cheapest paint you can find. I don't care what you put on there, first time you smack a rock or whatever, the paint is probably going to came off.

The Walmart brand stuff looks nice and shines for a decent while. If you feel that it looks bad, buy another can and there ya go.

I made this mistake with my bumper. I spent $40-50 on Rustoleum paint, multiple coats, lots of work. Yeah, it looked damn good. But then the wife backed her car into it. SO, there went all the hard work and money. I cleaned the edges up as best as possible and shot it with Wallyworld paint. Other than the lines from the original layer being so thick, you can't tell the difference.

So, IMHO, save your money and time, prime and paint them with the less than a buck a can stuff...really.

 

I just get a quart of the Hammerite for $12, lasts way longer than the spray cans. Brush it on the axles for a super tough and thick finish.

 

rustoleum!

 

Hammerite is the way to go. And not the Rustoleum Hammerite but the name brand Hammerite (yes their is a difference).

 

Correct:

SearchSpring Search - tcpglobal.com

 

1) complete dissassembly
2) glass bead blastin
3) full powder coat



j

 

1) complete dissassembly
2) glass bead blastin
3) full powder coat



j

Has anybody really powdercoated an axle? It seems to me it would look really, really crappy after getting scraped up and would be next to impossible to "touch up" and make it look decent.

 

GRM, I like your sig. But you need to add "The Peeps in the Pacific Northwest think it's a nice day"

:End Hijack:

Would be great... but I like the rain... so it wouldnt make much sence to me.

And it does get old living somewhere where it rains 6-7 days a yeaer.

 

shot mine with single stage car paint....primer it first.......and i used the whole quart on both axles....touch up is easy I just use the rattle can for that.......because things rust real quick over here using the car paint works better for me....sticks real well

 

Normally semi-gloss rustoleum or krylon. As it is I am surprised I even have metal left on the bottom of my diff. lose the paint to a rock, get home, hose off the axle, let dry, shoot with one of the many cans I have in the garage and presto, all better! it is the only way to go with and axle...