painting my trailer

[Stonewall]

What kind of primer and paint do y'all use for repainting your trailer?

[Sammy]

Case/IH primer.

Case/IH 2150 Red for top coat.

[Ocutter]

The cheapet thing Home Depots got. Americas finest

[awm]

I dont know how much painting you have done
but 90percent of it is preparing surface.
Not enough room here but read up.
Then i would recommend rustoleum for
a quicky job.

[plymouthvaliant73]

Add some Penetrol to your Rustoleum primer.

[cat320]

If you guys are gonna go to all that work to paint them you should do it right or not even bother.Home Depot selld nothing but crap that they spec out go to a place that sells the good truck or equipment paint you might spend a couple of dollars more but you will never have to be painting it more offen from the rust coming thru and sand blast your surface gets the rust out better.

[Likestomow]

Can you give more details, Plymouthvaliant73?

[mowin at the lake]

go to your local parts store and get the paint that matches your truck. you will need some self eching primer.

[chrisbolte]

Just use something that wwill keep it from rusting. Rustoluem is good.

[trimmer]

First you will want to wipe the trailer down with a quailty wax and grease remover to get all the oil and other chemicals off. Then sand the trailer down with 180 or 220 grit sand paper. You could use a self etching primer but unless you have a lot of bare metal it is a waste of money. A primer of like that is used when something is bare metal to inhibit rust from forming it is expensive, and I do not reccomend it. There is another primer that fills in scratches so if you don't have a lot of scratches don't use it either it cost around 100 dollars a gallon. If you want to put something on the trailer before you paint it I would suggest putting on a primer-sealer. Then go ahead and paint the trailer. I would suggest you go to an automotive paint store and get a good automotive single stage paint. NAPA also sells good paint if you have nowhere else to go. A decent paint can be bought for around 100-150 dollars a gallon. You can buy better paint but I don't reccomend it for a trailer considering it can run almost 400 dollars a gallon. Hope this helps out.

[plymouthvaliant73]

Regarding Penetrol:

Penetrol is a paint conditioner to spread or spray the paint easier and faster to improve flow and coverage.

Penetrol is not a thinner.

It works great for priming rusty metal. You have to remove loose and scaling rust.

You can find Penetrol at hardware stores and Home Depot.

[PIONEER]

Rustoluem is good. You can spend more money if you want to waste it. your not out there working in a show piece. your working and it is going to get nicked or scratched up and if it does you can touch it up. the important thing is make it look presentable to the customer, and keep it clean. If you have an enclosed trailer I would get it professional painted, because you are driving around with a billboard with your name on it.