LoveAluminum
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 20, 2011
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas
I am in the process of putting the lathe back together, and have completed the painting etc. And rather than paint the doors of the lathe, I swirl sanded them and clear coated them with three coats. Not knowing what would happen to the metal beneath, I left them off the lathe while I mounted the motor and finished the below cabinet refinishing.
After three days of curing, I noticed one of the doors looked fantastic. However, the other had spots of rust forming "under" the clear coat. Now I'm willing to bet the one door that turned out fine was the last once completed as it was coated that day. The other door had sat for two days. And, I had completely removed any sign of rust, or paint for that matter. As you can see, I got down to bare metal, period. Gosh, I love the way it looks.
Sadly, I stripped them back to the metal this morning fearing the second one would start rusting as well. Has anyone been able to clear coat the doors? I believe this type of steel is very vulnerable to rust.
Thoughts appreciated...
Bill
After three days of curing, I noticed one of the doors looked fantastic. However, the other had spots of rust forming "under" the clear coat. Now I'm willing to bet the one door that turned out fine was the last once completed as it was coated that day. The other door had sat for two days. And, I had completely removed any sign of rust, or paint for that matter. As you can see, I got down to bare metal, period. Gosh, I love the way it looks.
Sadly, I stripped them back to the metal this morning fearing the second one would start rusting as well. Has anyone been able to clear coat the doors? I believe this type of steel is very vulnerable to rust.
Thoughts appreciated...
Bill