Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.

Mike

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Muddymike wrote
Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.



Hammerite?

Of course I am...


--
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

Kate Brown wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Muddymike wrote
Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I
have two outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust
coloured and not very pretty.



Hammerite?

Of course I am...

oooh get 'er))))

On 21 Mar, 14:58, Kate Brown wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Muddymike wrote

Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.

Hammerite?


We've got a coal hole cover by our front door which was painted when
we moved in - not quite the same as a manhole cover, it's a circular
cast-iron grill which lets the cellar breathe. Anyway, it's somewhat
ornate, and the paint spoiled it a bit. I stripped the paint off and
polished it up using black grate polish. It looks great, needs to be
repolished maybe three times a year, which takes about three minutes.

You get a proper cast-iron silky-sheen black look - might not be
appropriate for a manhole cover, but I throw it in for consideration.

Cheers,

Martin

Muddymike wrote:
Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have
two outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and
not very pretty.

Mike
Not done this but......thoroughly clean with a mild acid, rinse, apply two
part epoxy paint form a yacht chandlers. Stuff for boats stands the most
harsh conditions.
--
Pete C
London UK

The message
from "Muddymike" contains these words:

Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.

Paint them with yoghurt and they'll soon be covered with lovely green
moss and slippery algae and lichen...

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

The message
from Kate Brown contains these words:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Muddymike wrote

Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.



Hammerite?

Of course I am...

Groan!

But only in stature...

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

"Muddymike" wrote ...
Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.

Yes, my f-in-law painted one years ago with nothing special and it stood the
test of time.
Hammerite should do the job well as long as it doesn't take a lot of
traffic.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:51:43 GMT, Rusty_Hinge
wrote:

The message
from "Muddymike" contains these words:

Has anyone had good results painting cast iron manhole covers? I have two
outside the front door set in paving. Both are rust coloured and not very
pretty.

Paint them with yoghurt and they'll soon be covered with lovely green
moss and slippery algae and lichen...

Oh I do like your lovely green ... whooooopsadsaisy !!