Painting a metal garden table

Martyn_H

Hi I have a dark green cast iron garden table that needs sprucing up. I quite like Crown Paint's 'Forest Pine', which is a non-drip gloss. Because of the fancy design of the table, I would like to use a roller for speed and coverage, but Crown recommends using a brush. As my painting experience is limited, would using a roller give poor results? Thank you.

BargainGalore

Better to use a brush. Make sure any bare metal is primed with red oxide primer. Any rust also wants to be removed either with wire brush or a rust killer like kurust

gone4gold62

Martyn_H wrote: »

Hi I have a dark green cast iron garden table that needs sprucing up. I quite like Crown Paint's 'Forest Pine', which is a non-drip gloss. Because of the fancy design of the table, I would like to use a roller for speed and coverage, but Crown recommends using a brush. As my painting experience is limited, would using a roller give poor results? Thank you.

hi my fil has just done the job you describe ,and he used a can of car spray paint .2,99 in racing car green , done a brill job , hope this helps

Martyn_H

gone4gold62 wrote: »

hi my fil has just done the job you describe ,and he used a can of car spray paint .2,99 in racing car green , done a brill job , hope this helps

Hmmm, never thought of that - I like it! Where did he get the paint from?

Ebe_Scrooge

Hammerite is good stuff for metal - these days it's available in either spray can or normal brushable paint. If you do opt for the brushing method, one tip - don't fork out on the expensive Hammerite brush cleaner. Just buy a dead cheap brush and chuck it away when you've finished, the brush is cheaper than a can of cleaner.

cattie

Another vote here for Hammerite. It's intended for metal & has the properties to cope with items left outside all year round.

It's what I use to keep my metal garden table & chairs looking good.

olias

Hammerite also do a forest/sage type green

Olias

LandyAndy

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Hammerite is good stuff for metal - these days it's available in either spray can or normal brushable paint. If you do opt for the brushing method, one tip - don't fork out on the expensive Hammerite brush cleaner. Just buy a dead cheap brush and chuck it away when you've finished, the brush is cheaper than a can of cleaner.

Their brush cleaner is just cellulose thinners as far as I could tell. Certainly thinners does a good job of cleaning it from brushes and is quite cheap if you buy a decent quantity from a paint factor. It's also a great general solvent.

27col

Hammerite is the thing, not car paint. Car paint does not seem to have very good adhesion when sprayed from a can. On the other hand I have found that Hammerite sticks like s*** to a blanket. In any event car spray will do nothing to prevent further rusting, but Hammerite definitely will. Ebe Scrooge is giving good advice.

loracan1

I've painted my barbecue lid this afternoon with Hammerite - looked a bit dodgy after the first coat but finished the second about half an hour ago and it's looking good. So another vote for Hammerite here.

Martyn_H

Thank you all for your tips. I've found Hammerite to be rather sticky to apply, and the green is very dark.