Roll Bar Paint

[Gusty]

Hi all,

 

Anybody reccomend a decent black paint for the roll bar and spare wheel carrier? Thoughts on Hammerite, Plastikote etc??

 

Cheers Andy

[cb750]

Simoniz Tough Black aerosol is good but I got both of mine powdercoated.

Rob

[Gusty]

Cheers Rob. I'll have a look

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Jap lac brushing enamel available from B&Q doesn't chip like hammerite.

[richyb66]

Is it me or is Hammerite paint a bit sh*t now. Seems like you now need about 5 coats to cover anything whereas 30 years ago, 2 would have done it.

[IanS]

I always have had problems with the durability of hammerite. My expeiance is that it goes brittle with age and then the slightest knock and it chipped

[Guest 2b cruising]

Roll bars definately need a soft paint as they are continually getting radial and linier stress.

I would not use plastic coating as it goes brittle quite quickly and splits, allowing water to get between the coating and metal.

POR 15 is good but expensive.

A chassis paint would do the job but a good coat of etching primer (nasty stuff) would be beneficial for this.

[Grim]

after a poor experience with powder coating, i've been using tractol 816 primer (1 coat) and 327 top coat (2 coats) for anything that needs painting on the car. After a couple of years including running through winter, and i haven't seen any imperfections on my wishbones. A tin of each is about the same price as 1 tin of hammerite. It's quite a flexible, durable paint, unlike hammer*bleep*e which just chips off. Save it for your garden gate.

Edited July 7, 2016 by Grim

[cb750]

Never had a problem with powder coating. Obviously depends on who does it, the preparation and some colours need a second clear coat to protect them from UV. Even had a 4 cylinder air cooled engine and gearbox done thinly with no problems even though I was worried about insufficient heat transfer from the fins.