Anybody else have good success with tremclad over rusted steel?

[bluebombersfan]

My last boat trailer had fully rusted axle and leaf springs which for the fun of it I tremcladed black with the rest of the trailer. I found by the time I sold it almost 2 years later that it still looked exellent to my surprise.
I now upgraded to a bigger boat trailer and plan on doing the same. Trailer itself is beige and shows all the rust. I have found that with black tremcload even if the rust does start to come back 4+ years later it will still look a hell of alot better then with original beige paint with rust.

I guess rule of them with tremclade the darker the color the better and longer it lasts.

 

[a31ford]

BBF (now that is funny) (the acronym NOT the Blue....)

Tremclad is hands down, for paint, the BEST paint in the world, PERIOD !!!!!!

The only other thing I would have done (if keeping it for a while) is paint on some "RUST MORT" and let it dry BEFORE the tremclad...

 

[upnsmoke]

Does anyone know how hard it would be to remove the tremclad if you decided to clean a part up for welding or to put normal paint on it? I have never used it and wonder if it would be like removing paint, or more like undercoat or something.

 

[det107]

I guess rule of them with tremclade the darker the color the better and longer it lasts.

Usually, the darker the color the more it absorbs the sun's rays-

 

[saskbill]

Does anyone know how hard it would be to remove the tremclad if you decided to clean a part up for welding or to put normal paint on it? I have never used it and wonder if it would be like removing paint, or more like undercoat or something.

If you need to clean up areas for welding rusted/painted/tremclad, a wire cup on a 5" grinder makes it all good.

 

[Mark_88]

I painted my frame with Tremclad...used the rattle cans only...and it still looks good...but the only thing you can see is the inside of the frame rails...that I painted yellow for easier visuals...(this works really well btw)...and that was about 8 years ago...

And I agree...just use a grinder and it will take off everything...

I might add that I did not spray right over the rust...I had mine sand blasted first...then prime painted...so it was smooth as a baby's bum when I actually got to paint it...not that I've touched any baby bums lately...lol

 

[bluebombersfan]

Usually, the darker the color the more it absorbs the sun's rays-

I never thought of that but still better to go dark if you must paint over the rust.

Actually the truth is I don't even use tremclad, I use Armor Coat From Canadian Tire. It's an exact replica of Tremclad, I get a gallon of this stuff for about $20. Heck of a good deal to get such great long lasting paint for next to nothing.