Hi fellows,
I bought a 1993 model 10415 Gold Lawn Boy. The deck looks terrible. Half the paint is off of it. The bare metal is covered in a white/ gray powder, some type of oxidation I guess. The paint peels off in sheets. It looks like the paint and primer is coming off together. Its green on the top and a rusty red on the bottom side of the paint chips. Even under the paint the aluminum is all rough with some kind corrosion. Iv'e seen this before on a couple other late 90's aluminum lawn boys.
Iv'e never seen this before on the older models. Any way my question is what is the best way to prep an aluminum deck to repaint? I didn't know if sandblasting
would be ok or a chemical paint stripper to get what paint that is left, off the deck. And also, the rest of the deck that is rough and oxidized, what would be the best thing to use on it. Sanding, scotch brite, wire wheel? I have a friend that has a sandblaster but I wasn't sure if that would be too rough on the surface or not. Thanks to anyone who has any comments or past experience with this issue to give me some tips on this project.
Jerry
I bought a 1993 model 10415 Gold Lawn Boy. The deck looks terrible. Half the paint is off of it. The bare metal is covered in a white/ gray powder, some type of oxidation I guess. The paint peels off in sheets. It looks like the paint and primer is coming off together. Its green on the top and a rusty red on the bottom side of the paint chips. Even under the paint the aluminum is all rough with some kind corrosion. Iv'e seen this before on a couple other late 90's aluminum lawn boys.
Iv'e never seen this before on the older models. Any way my question is what is the best way to prep an aluminum deck to repaint? I didn't know if sandblasting
would be ok or a chemical paint stripper to get what paint that is left, off the deck. And also, the rest of the deck that is rough and oxidized, what would be the best thing to use on it. Sanding, scotch brite, wire wheel? I have a friend that has a sandblaster but I wasn't sure if that would be too rough on the surface or not. Thanks to anyone who has any comments or past experience with this issue to give me some tips on this project.
Jerry