Thought I'd pass this along: The Boss has me remodeling the kids' bathroom over the Christmas holidays, and I use this white epoxy "hard as tile" paint from Lowes to repaint the tub. I had a little left over, which of course, got me to thinking... (Mark Twain said the true self control was painting a fence, and having some paint left over, and then NOT painting anything else). This stuff reminds me of POR15: very hard, slightly flexible, good at smoothing brush marks and filling small cracks, but this stuff is brilliant white, like white enamel. The Econoline's tiller, originally white, was mostly showing the black bakelight, so I used the leftover "hard as tile" to repaint it (with very minimum prep: just wiped it down good with mineral spirits). Took a couple of coats, but the results were fantastic. I've refurbished several steering wheels over the years, and this was the easiest job, ever. I usually spend a lot of time prepping the wheel, then primering and painting and allowing it at least a month to dry and harden. This stuff hard as POR15 cured in about 3 days. Just thought I'd pass this along -- great stuff when you need a very tough and very white paint, and from a source you don't usually think of when building cars. The Econoline's a daily driver -- this pic is after three weeks of use: not a smudge on it!
Crap -- threw it away after I finished with it. I'll probably be in Lowes again this weekend, so I'll double-check the exact name of the product and post it.
That looks great. Plus you can use that stuff in your house and it doesn't cost a fortune. I'm waiting for it to get over 60 degrees here so I can spray mine with the Deltron pearl/clear I paid a fortune for.
It's marketed for household use, but brother, the fumes you get for a couple of days will just about choke you. That's the only drawback. That, and the fact that it starts curing as soon as you mix it, like working with fiberglass resin. The instructions said it would be good for up to 36 hours if you stored it in a freezer, but I kept the stuff in a freezer for a week, and it was still useable. I heard that!
Hope it lasts longer on your wheel than it did on my bathtub. Far as I know its just an epoxy paint. started peeling in less than 6 months. Yes I prepped the living shit out of it.
I have used a product in my bathtub resurfacing business called Tile-Doc. It is chip resistant when applied over a clean, dry surface. I've used it on fiberglass tubs also with good results. Not to turn this in to a bath tub resurfacing seminar, but a porcelin tub needs to be etched with hydrafloric acid, neturalized with cold water, dried and sanded with 180 grit sandpaper befor any thing will stick to it. All these cemicals are HIGHLY TOXIC, YOU MUST USE A CARBON FILTER RESPERATOR WHEN USING THEM. Good luck and be safe.
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