Q.Today I treated both my fenders on my galvanized boat trailer with ospho. It got the rust off alright but left a copious white powdery residue. Mineral spirits doesn't remove the residue. I'd hate to have to sand it off, but I don't think my paint primer will stick unless I get...
Absolutely, if you are talking about sheetmetal. It is true that you would not want to spray a car without primer first. For one the paint would be splotchy from variations in the body work, but also the paint has a hard time sticking to smooth sheet metal. An engine uses more porous...
Sorry to hear about the bags sticking to your table. Have you tried to remove the pieces yet? If not, I would wet the surface where the pieces of bag are. Let it sit for awhile to see if the water loosens the bags. Another option would be to try placing the table in the hot ...
Update: A few smarter-than-me commenters recommended trying steel wool or super high grit automotive sandpaper to rough up the surface, so I plan to try that next time. Just tossing that out there for anyone who might be doing this (who may want extra “insurance” that the spray will h...
you can get pretty much any color the human eye can see. because we also want to know how light or dark the color is—how much of the so-called achromatic colors white and black it has—you can build another axis, perpendicular again to the other two, a z sticking right through the...
Chipped paint on your car can be more than an eyesore. Exposed metal can lead to rust, which can spread beneath the paint and ruin entire pieces of the body of your car. Even a small chip in your paint caused by a tiny pebble can lead to...
Stainless steel has such a smooth finish that the paint has a hard time sticking to it.[1] If your stainless steel has been scuffed up over years of use, the paint might stick. Otherwise you will need to use a sander to scuff up the paint.[2] You don’t need to destroy the ...
you can get pretty much any color the human eye can see. because we also want to know how light or dark the color is—how much of the so-called achromatic colors white and black it has—you can build another axis, perpendicular again to the other two, a z sticking right through the...