<VV> Artzberger on Painted Hexes

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Kirby Smith wrote:

> Generally, for automotive body (steel) painting, one cleans the surface of 
> grease with a suitable degreaser, cleans with a phosphoric acid etch, 
> passivates with zinc phosphate mix, then primes.

A little known fact is that if you paint bare mild steel with the phosphate 
etch (what I use is the thinners for the etch primer we use), the metal 
doesn't rust - even in our damp climate.

I bare-metalled a car last summer and then ran out of time and weather to 
paint it, so I brushed it with the etch thinners and there is NO RUST at 
all - not even surface rust.

I will be able to paint it shortly with just a modicum of re-preparation.

Cheers

Alan