I have this trailer that I made with a military surplus bed.
Now that warmer weather has come, I can think about painting it.
The bed has some rust spots and such. I would like to know if there is a way to paint it such that it will only need minor maintenance from now on.
As an extra tidbit, I have 16 aerosol cans with "93% zinc paint". It seems to be good stuff.
So, my plan for the INSIDE of the bed is to take a angle grinder, with a 6" wire brush, do a decent wire brushing job, and simply apply this ZINC spray paint on the inside. I do expect to do some touching up once in a while as the bed gets scratched, etc, but I hope that it would just be a few minuts per year.
A bigger question is what to do on the outside. There is a lot more paint left on the outside and I sort of like the camo color pattern. (though the grey color is not bad also and would fit the color of my pickup)
Ideally, I would like to find a way to mostly preserve this pattern. A few months ago, on the spur of the moment, I bought a couple of little cans of paint at the local pro paint store, but I am a little doubtful that latex paint will really adhere. Does anyone hve any experience with repainting with latex over old paint or wirebrushed rust.
Any thoughts.
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