Any point Hammerite-ing suspension coils?

We painted ours using smooth hammerite (see

for a picafter it had been painted) and (being usedoff road) they have had plenty of flexing and still look pretty good.Richard

you can always use some rubber paint. Comes in many colours (red, white, yellow, blue) and it is extremely resistant to peeling off. Also available in spraying cans

Take care Pantelis

Wow, that's fairly colourful! I think the job is a bit less fiddly when you have the body off. I think I'll give it a go. I have the smooth hammerite too, so I'll see what happens. Thanks for the reply.

Guy

Thanks, I'll look into it. I was thinking of getting some more rubbery paint to do the wheel arches, (I hammerited once, but they get very stone chipped) so maybe I could use it to do both.

Cheers Pantelis

Guy

Erm, both URL's are the same, and the page at

has aslight fault that all images are the same when enlarged. Alex

try:

Guy Hi,

may I also suggest you cold galvanize the fenders' surface before applying the paint? I found out that cold galvanizing works extremely well. (by cold galvanizing I mean a spray I find here in Greece which does exactly that. Covers the metallic surface you want with particles leaving a galvanized surface) A steel round tube ladder I have treated with cold galvanizing and black bumper paint (which is also rubbery in feel but not the usual rubber paint) is now at its second full year left at the open, less than 10 meters away from the sea without ANY traces of rust despite having started to rust before being treated.

Take care Pantelis

Hi Pantelis,

Thanks for the tips. I'll have a look for the cold galvanising spray and bumper paint out here in Luxembourg. I think I remember seeing it now in one of the landrover mags when someone did up a white 80's Defender and I imagine if it works on a ladder exposed to the elements by the sea, then it would be perfect for the Defender!

Regards

Guy