What red Lead/oxide?

[will]

Always liked the color and matt finish of red lead and have a collection of rusty vehicles that would benefit from the treatment so, I'd like to know of others experience with this kind of paint.

Important bits for me are that it is of a good quality, in as much that it protects from rust and is suitable for a top coat i.e non porous (polish? lacquer?). Quality overrides the cost here as I only really want to do this once.

Quite like the slight sheen on this, nicked from stealthstylz thread (cheers mate)



I'll add more pics later when I have more time

[will]

Looking for brand names of good repute ideally, or is they pretty much all the same?

[will]

Darker tone is quite pleasing too

[pantera2075]

You could try googling:

"Teamac Duracote Red Oxide Paint 03554" Or modifications thereof.

We used to use it on canal boats - super tough + hard wearing.

This is a paint, not a primer. Primers are porous and will allow rusting pretty quickly.

[will]

May 25, 2010 14:31:57 GMT pantera2075 said:

You could try googling:

"Teamac Duracote Red Oxide Paint 03554" Or modifications thereof.

We used to use it on canal boats - super tough + hard wearing.

This is a paint, not a primer. Primers are porous and will allow rusting pretty quickly.

Nice one, thats the kind of stuff I need. Saw the bottom of the Woolwich ferry was painted in the dull red stuff the other day, had forgotten that till now, I'll go check it out.

[steveo3002]

cant find a link to the stuff in cans, but frosts rust encapsulator is good stuff and I'm fairly sure doesnt need recoating , works good too

[will]

rust encapsulator sounds good if nothing else, cheers steveo. By way of thanks I thought I'd google up some more images but was stopped in my tracks by finding a pic of my very own Transit from a thread on the transit forum. Big world, small web, or something like that anyway.

Of course I now am inclined to post said Tranny of which if it offends I am sorry but it just had to be...



Beauty hey

Can't remember what paint I used on that and the rest of the tin was mixed with some household undercoat, thinners and some Hammerite for the top coat so is no longer around. Good stuff though, I ran out of the hard to match topcoat and the rust has not eaten through the red lead on the roof yet, some 18 months later ;D

This will probably/maybe/eventually get the full treatment with maybe some salt flat inspired race numbers on it's now windowed and Milka bar purple flanks.
However my main thoughts are for my e21 which will be receiving some fresh metal sometime soon. Got a red lead scheme in mind for that too involving the red stuff too.

[steveo3002]

www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=436727

might take some reading..but he used some red oxide that he claims can be left as is , says somewhere in that thread where he gets it

edit..here we go

www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SIRRUSTPS/

[purplevanman]

I use red oxide that I buy from a local steel building company, barns etc. They paint their RSJs in this stuff with no top coat and it lasts years dull or shiny.
See if you have a similair company nearby

[akku]

yeah, beware the "red oxide" you buy from car paint people as IIRC the lead oxide has been removed and all it is now is red tinted primer...

[will]

May 26, 2010 19:12:35 GMT akku said:

yeah, beware the "red oxide" you buy from car paint people as IIRC the lead oxide has been removed and all it is now is red tinted primer...

Some of that inferior gear made it's way on my van (the sprayed on stuff with white primer on top). The brushed on stuff is great though I can't remember what it was. Guess what bits have rusted through now...

[steveo3002]

yeah i don't think lead is allowed anymore...its zinc primer thats tinted red