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In this video I want to give you a lesson on how I prepare and finish metal
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especially metal that's going to be outside. And as part of this I want to introduce you to a new kind of spray paint
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I'm a big fan of spray paint for this sort of work. And of course spray paint usually comes in cans like this
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Small cans that are great for small projects. But this Ultimate Turbo product from Rust-Oleum
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same kind of heavy-duty rust paint that we're used to from that company
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but in a much larger can with a much different spray nozzle
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As you can see, regular spray paint and the fan spray nozzle
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So bottom line is this covers a lot more ground a lot more quickly
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And it fills in the gap, quite a considerable gap too, between what would be practical to finish with a spray can
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and what you might need some heavy-duty spray equipment for. So it solves a real need
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I've been waiting for bigger, heavier-duty, higher mileage cans of spray paint for some time
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So I'm kind of interested in how this works. I'm going to show you
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We're going to finish this piece of quarter-inch thick plate steel right now
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So the video isn't just about the paint though. It's about the whole preparation process
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Now this is a pretty nice piece of metal. It hasn't been outside too long
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There's a little bit of rust here. It's kind of rough. There's a little bit of roughness on the side
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So this is not unusual. And this is why the first operation I like to apply to metal that I'm refinishing is some sanding
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And you don't need anything fancy for this. This is a five-inch random orbit sander
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It's a woodworking tool. I've got an 80-grit disc on here. And I'm just going to go over the surface, mostly to smoothen it
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This will not be the only preparation step you see me do. But it's a great place to start because, you know, you'll never get a nice painted finish unless you have a very smooth surface
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And this wouldn't be bad, but there are some rough spots that I just want to get rid of
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It won't take long. You don't need to go right back to shiny metal either
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Just a simple smoothening is all that's required at this stage. Now that doesn't look much different, but I can tell you it feels a lot different
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It's nice and smooth. It's a great surface for taking paint. But before I do that, before I apply any paint, I want to make absolutely sure that there's no oil residue
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Any kind of oil or grease is bad news for a paint job because it's going to interfere with adhesion
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And we want to do everything we can to make that paint stick
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So I'm going to be degreasing. I like to use this stuff called Crud Cutter
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It can be used on some very cruddy things indeed, including caked on grease and grime and things
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There's not a lot going on here. Certainly nothing that we can see
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But it's still worth taking the extra step to make sure everything's degreased
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Because it's such a quick step. It's not difficult to do at all
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You just get this stuff on any way you can. Let it sit there for a few minutes and then we're going to wash it with some clear water
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Scrub it and then let it dry completely. Then we will be ready for some spray paint
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And it will have every advantage as far as lasting goes. So I'm just going to rinse off the Crud Cutter
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There wasn't a lot of crud to cut here. But as I said before, it's cheap insurance
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Because oil and grease are the enemies. So we'll just flood this off
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Let it dry completely because a wet surface is just as bad as an oily surface for interfering with paint
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And when I come back, I'm going to show you how wide of a spray fan that new spray paint offers
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The spray, instead of coming out of a pinhole like in a regular spray can, it's coming out of a fan-shaped opening as you'll see
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And that fan is about 10 inches wide. So it's like painting with a 10 inch wide brush
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But you can really lay down a lot of paint. You can cover a large area
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Much larger than this. But we're going for this size so you can see what's going on and see how it works
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And I'll compare that to a regular spray can. So you can make up your own mind
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See if it makes sense for you. So the 1.25 inch plate steel is all dry
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It's been sanded. It's been degreased. I'm ready to spray paint it with this thing
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It's not going to take very long because the spray pattern is so wide. I just kind of want to compare that for you
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So here's a can of regular spray paint. Just a regular hole in the end
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Holding it about 6 or 7 inches away. That's the size that you get
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Pretty typical. So I'll just compare it. About the same distance away
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See it's much more like a brush than a point application. So we can make some room here and get some paint on this steel
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Done! Nice and even too. There's a lot less chance of marks caused by going back and forth with a small spray stream
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You can see this would cover a very large area. I've had excellent results with Rust-Oleum paint in terms of rust resistance
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It is the best exterior rust paint that I've ever seen. I've tried lots of different brands
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This is an enamel, it's an alkyd, it's heavy duty and it certainly goes on fast as you can see
