Painting a Coin Door. Tutorial?

[Justin]

I just received my 1983 coin door for a Centipede cab, and it is in pretty good condition.  (7-8  out of 10)

There are some rusty spots, and some chipped paint areas.  Does anyone know of a good tutorial to get this back in shape?  I remember reading that the best approach is to sand it all off first, and the use black rustoleum paint.

Can someone point me in the right direction before I screw this up out of pure impatience?

Thanks!

[SirPeale]

Two words: powder coating.

[Justin]

ummm  elaborate?  

[BillyJack]

Isn't powder coating a little cost prohibitive?  I mean it was back in my 4-wheeler days...  powder coating a frame was a lot of money.  I know it isn't "that" big, but it can't be cheap... unless it's a DIY job (which I saw once.)

[kalkin]

I fixed mine the quick'n'dirty way simply sanding the worst parts and then spraying the whole thing with Hammerite hammer paint. It seemed to work well although I don't think it has a "genuine" coin door look if that's what you're going for. Also I'm not sure I would have done it for an "original" door like yours.

[Frostillicus]

I would think powder-coating would be a little overkill on a matte finish old coin-door.  I used about 2 coats of black rustoleum on mine, and it looks great.  

[SirPeale]

Powder coating a coin door should run between $8-$20, depending on the shop.  You'll get a flawless, durable  finish.

More expensive than some sandpaper and some spray paint?  Yes.  But the results are well worth it.  And really, it's a drop in the barrel when you consider what you pay for the rest of your cabinet.

[BillyJack]

If that's all it costs then YES HELL YES it would be worth it.  No moron friends would be able to mess up a powdercoat job.  I figured about 50 bones for a job like that, but then I've never done it before.

BillyJack

[Les]

it's a drop in the barrel when you consider what you pay for the rest of your cabinet.

Yeah but all those drops quikly start to fill the barrel!

[Hoagie_one]

it's a drop in the barrel when you consider what you pay for the rest of your cabinet.

Yeah but all those drops quikly start to fill the barrel!

I concur

[AlanS17]

Honestly, I just used red rustoleum on my coindoor and it came out great. I mean really great. You just gotta know how to spray paint. Keep pausing to shake the can, do it out in the sun on a calm day with low humidity, do several light coats as opposed to one large coat. I painted my speaker grill the same way and no complaints. If you do it the right way it can take a while, but it's no more difficult. It only takes longer. In fact, I'll probazbly be changing the color of my coin door soon, so I'll be spraying again.

[wee beastie]

I just used appliance spraypaint.  Looks glossy and perfect!!

[Minwah]

I'm gonna just use smooth finish Hammerite spray paint on mine.  I started trying to remove the old paint a while ago (sanding), but the places where the paint is good (where the rust is not) are difficult to get back to metal.  So I just bought some paint stripper which hopefully should do the trick.

[Brax]

My original 1980's midway coin door was factory powder coated. It was starting to rust so I asked my buddy to sandblast the rust. He misunderstood and sand blasted ALL the "paint" off it! It took HOURS. He tells me after, "Boy, that paint was tough!" Ha. Yup, powder coating is durable but after my door was stripped I used primer and a nice semi-gloss paint. it looks as good as new and is plenty durable for a home application. A wire paint stripper attachment for your drill will work as well as sandblasting.