painting steel rudder

[IJL]

My rudder is in a bit of a state, i'm going to remove whats left of the paint and smarten it up. Any thoughts on good paint for a steel rudder, its a trailer sailer so most of the time out of the water. Anything generally available would be good as i'm a long way from the sea or any boaty shops

 

[dsw]

a couple of coats of smooth hammerite would do the job as
long as you give the steel a good key up !

 

[prv]

Proper job would be power wire brush to shiny, several coats of Jotamastic primer, then Hardtop topcoat. For a trailer-sailer that's mostly on the drive, that's definite overkill. Not gonna argue with the Hammerite

Pete

 

[Wansworth]

can you take it off...take it to be shot blasted then an epoxy paint system.

 

[Dipper]

I had a steel rudder on Hurley 22. I used to paint it with the very cheap car body underseal - the rubbery stuff not the modern posh waxy stuff.

 

[Robby]

Steel Rudder

Remove it, get it shot blasted and galvanised. Refit it and forget it.

 

[philip_stevens]

Remove it, get it shot blasted and galvanised. Refit it and forget it.

+1

Best option, even better than a rust converter like Vactan or similar.

 

[onesea]

+1

Best option, even better than a rust converter like Vactan or similar.

+1

I think your choices will be:
1) Replace with S/Steel
2) Shot blast and Galvanise
3) Shot blast and Epoxy
4) Clean and paint hammerite etc
5) Rust Converter Vactan, Ferotan, blue steel primer.

In my mind the problem with no 2 is if you chip the paint or it is not perfect the rust will come back...

3&4 depends what your preferance is mine?

Rust converter as per instructions, Hammer-rite as per instructions, primer 2+ use up any old primer you have, undercoat, Anti-foul.

The more paint the better in my humble opinion.

 

[Fire99]

Remove it, get it shot blasted and galvanised. Refit it and forget it.

My new rudder blade is galvanised and after a year it looks good (so far!)