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| Hey guys, we just picked up a 93 Tuffy Esox Magnum. With a bit of work this rig is going to look great. One of the bigger jobs is to repaint the trailer. Does anyone have any ideas on how much primer, paint, clearcoat it takes to paint a trailer? I was also thinking of mixing some metal flake in the clear coat. Does anyone have any experience or thoughts about that?
Ill post some before and after pictures in a couple weeks when I get done. Thanks, Bob |
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | Talk to your local paint shop. All paints coverage is different. I don't know your experience level but metal flake is best left to the pros. |
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| I painted my trailer on my Ranger Trailer. It used a hard epoxy paint that I bought from Ranger, I used a orbital sander (150 Grit & 220 Grit) on the rust then I cleaned the area. I masked some things off and primed with auto primer, I then sprayed the trailer, I only did the bad spots and the paint matched perfectly.. Still in good shape, it's been 4 years. |
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Location: Musky Country | If I were you I'd look into bedliner for the trailer it will hold up alot better and you can get it in just about any color. |
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Location: Okoboji | get ALL the rust off, use a corrosion resistant primer like a ppg ncp-270, seal with an epoxy sealer, then paint. |
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Location: Okoboji | if you want flake, check this out,,,good stuff.
http://www.rothmetalflake.com/main.html |
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| Thanks for your advice everybody! |
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| Gotta tear it apart some to do it really right.
If you plan to keep the rig for a while be sure to replace all the nuts and bolts with new hardware. Plus, reconsider how your electric feeds to the lights, you have an opportunity to put all the wires inside some sort of flexy conduit that runs inside the frame. Maybe upgrade your bunks to rollers. Last, upgrade your lights to the latest and greatest for worry-free rollin.
There's no end to it, is there? |
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Location: Okoboji | Yep good point on the lights. I put leds on and haven't had any issues |
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| If I were you I'd look into bedliner for the trailer it will hold up alot better and you can get it in just about any color.
you see various boat brands advertize this as trailer "Armor" but you can do it yourself, too. i've done it to a couple trailers with great success: it's inexpensive, easy to apply (i used spray cans) and resists rock chips much better than paint. the downside is that it's not as shiny/glossy as paint. you do have to be careful to mask those areas you don't want to hit such as fiberglass fenders, and apply it evenly so that it doesn't goop up from being too thick. as mentioned if you can remove certain parts such as the winch, lights, and hitch it'll really simplify things.
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| I'm heavily considering giving up on painting trailers myself, and having Maaco do them. I haven't checked the price yet, but considering how cheap a budget automobile paint job can be from them, I would think a trailer could be painted VERY reasonably.
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| I think so too, especially if you strip all the hardware you don't want painted yourself to minimize the prep work. |
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