What paints better, galvanized or straight? Bumper Chrome paint?
HD calls them flats, but I don't know what they are really called.
Pieces of steel, 3 or 4 feet long, an eigth inch thick or so, and an inch to a half inch wide.
I've used them but this is the first time I need to paint them, for use outside. Which is better, the galvanized or the un-gal?
One pair of these things is going to be painted black for a cargo carrier (attached to the trailer hitch draw bar) for which either I or the shipping company lost two of the parts. If it rusts a little, I can wire brush those parts and paint it again every few years. Or should I use a primer?
The other is a bracket to hold rear turn signal lights that I just bought for my still-working-on-it '69 Honda. I have a can of aerosol Plasti-kote Bumper Chrome paint that I got at a yard sale. Never been used.
I don't expect real chrome!, but will it at least look something like chrome for a year or two? Or will it turn grey immediately? If large parts of it are going to be grey, I'd rather just paint it black. The can says "Chrome-Like Finish / Brilliant Luster", but I've seen other chrome paint in the past that pretty much looked grey. Don't know how old it was though.
I don't plan to ride in the rain, and I plan to keep the bike covered whenever I'm not riding it. I've been good about that since I got it
3 or 4 months ago.The instructions don't say anything about priming first. Do I need to prime it? Should I prime it?
Thanks a lot.
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