Painting a steering pedestal?

[neil1967]

My steering pedestal is looking tatty (it is 25 years old), with corrosion of the aluminium causing the paint to lift. The previous owner repainted parts of the pedestal, but it still looks scruffy. I am tempted to use a rotary wire brush to remove all the existing paint, then put a coat of epoxy on, followed by flowcoat. I am hoping this will look good, protect the metal and be long lasting. I would be grateful for any views on whether this is a good idea, and if not, what would be a better way ahead?

Thanks

Neil

 

[Mrnotming]

Hi Neil,

this looks interesting?
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[Vaila1]

Hi Neil

I refurbished mine last year. As you suggest I rotary wire brushed it to get all the corrosion off, after removing all the bits, which was no easy task as all the stainless fixings had corroded on to the pedestal.
Once I had prepped it up I then applied an etch primer then Multi layers of International 2 part Perfection Undercoat and top coat of Perfection. It worked out about as expensive as buying a new pedestal, but I have loads of paint left over to do a few more items. I did wonder how much it would cost to get a powder coating excercise done professionally?
Looks very good now though worth all the effort.

Cheers
Andy

 

[wilkinsonsails]

We stripped and painted ours with a metal primer and hammerite .Been fine for 5 yrs.
Cindy.

 

[Bosun Higgs]

what would be a better way ahead?

It would be easy enough to clean it up and take the bare pedastle along to a powder coater. Lots of them around doing all sorts of components for motorcycles for example. You could have it done in white or you could go funky and have metalflake pink.

 

[npf1]

Stoving with a poly two pack would be better than powder coat. And it costs peanuts compared to anything on the 'marine' market. I've just had 70 odd small bits done for £220 and that included blasting, alodining and the paint (exterior architectural grade). I've also had a 6.4m and a 4m 115mm diameter tube done for £250. All in metalic.

So I would have thought a steering pedestal would be somewhere around £100-£150. But, of course, you are going to need to remove it and strip it down first.

Having just been through the process, if you want a perfect finish, I would recommend filling any areas of corrosion yourself after the initial blasting. On some of the bits I've just got back, you can still see where the corrosion/pitting used to be.

 

[Blue Fox]

Stoving with a poly two pack would be better than powder coat.

I can agree with that. I did mine with a poly two pack and the results are excellent. But degrease very thoroughly! No need to sand it, that would only remove your protection.

 

[Ink]

Sorry about resurrecting an old thread, but is a rotary wire brush the best method to remove the existing paint system? I'm hoping to re-coat just the housing for the throttle assembly on the pedestal using suitable primer and Hammerite.

Will a rotary wire brush remove good paint as well as the section that has broken down?

Ink

 

[Fimacca]

I would have thought so. you can either take off the top surface and rust, and stop before digging down to the bare metal, or go the whole hog. I know what I would do.........