guard

[timberdog]

I bought this Steering Guard today i have had to sand it down due to looking Tatty it looks to be Mild Steel????
I like the look of it as it is but will it Rust after sanding or should i paint it?

I know this may be a Dumb question but i dont know??

[Stormin]

If it's steel you will have to paint it or keep sanding it :D  You could get it galvanised :?

[davidlandy]

they are normally plated from new

you probably should have left it as it was!!

[landraver]

Yes I agree, it looks good, but you will have to paint it as it won't look like that for too long. Put it on as it is & it'll be red in a day or so!! Laquer may be an option, but I don't know much about that. Maybe someone else can help

Cheers

Jeff

[MuddyMachine]

I was going to say the same, see if you could get it laquered.  :)

[paul_humphreys]

As said get it galvanised.

Paul

[Eeyore]

I'd agree with the above - its a good ol' mild steel so it will corrode with alarming speed.

If it was me, I'd try either a good dosing of red-lead primer and a tin of paint or, seeing as your in Nunny, try getting galvanised. There are heaps of places in the Cov area that can do it. Personally, I wouldn't bother about zinc-passivate (that natty looking gold coloured coating) as, IMHO, its naff.

HTH
Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[timberdog]

Tin o paint then ..

I hate that Yellow coating as well..well naff.

I will spary it tonight and naff the misses off they love spray paint in the Kitchen :lol:

Thanks lads

[Sharpshooter]

What about using Silver Hammerite?? Will look shiny, and be protected. :)

[petergalileo]

If you like the rubbed down steel look why not buy a tin of Laquer and spray a few coats of that on, then it will look like rubbed stainless and wont rust for a while.

You can also get a nice silver colour from halfords, its called Audi aluminium silver, its a great colour.  Its silver with a very slight blue that barely noticable but makes the silver really stand out.

If you want to paint it and never have to worry about rust again, either get it galvanised as suggested above or get yourself some etch primer.  That has a mild acid mixed in with it that kills any oxidisation that may be left after rubbing down.  You then paint over the top of it.

Peter

[strapping young lad]

must say the metal looks like its been made by bacofoil.. look at them creases! :)

[Jake]

must say the metal looks like its been made by bacofoil.. look at them creases! :)

Thats what i thought!!
A few coats of Hamerite should sort it out.
 :D

[pritch]

Personally, I'd go for getting it galvanised.  The thing about painting is that once the paint gets scratched, corrosion can start.  Because galvanising alters the way the steel corrodes through an electrochemical process, you won't start to see rusting if some of the galv comes off.

That said, with something that thick, it'll take a fair while for it to rust through anyway.

[wing nut]

dont paint just sell it to me  :lol:

[Tyke]

Galvanise it - then you can paint over the top if you want it 'colour co-ordinated'.


Shouldn't have removed the 'yellow coating', (Zinc Dichromate), as it's one of the better anti corrosion coatings available at a reasonable price and also a very good surface finish for later painting. Certainly better than plain zinc, (galvanising), which will in time 'dissolve' due to it being a 'sacrificial' coating. i.e. the zinc will corrode in preference to the steel and then the steel will rust as normal.

[hobbit]

Go all the way and have it chromed

[the loon]

I had the same guard on the 90 - it was probably originaly galvinised
I just left mine as it was untill it got waxoyl spashed on it then did the whole thing - it started to flake off eventualy but looked priety good in just mat black