Easy way to remove rust from wrought iron gate with Rust-Oleum rust dissolver
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2022
- My wrought iron gate paint was peeling off exposed the metal to rust. It's time to scrap off the chipped peel paint and give it a new coat of paint. Instead of sanding, scrapping, wired discing the the rust off, I used the Rust-Oleum rust dissolver to remove the rust easily.
I have original wrought iron gates in my 1938 house. I watched this video and got outside scraping paint off today. I counted approximately 7 layers of paint. Needless to say, there’s so much rust that I have a hole in an area, but after talking with Reddit, it sounds like using JB weld to fill in the hole should work fine. I’ll come back to let everyone know how this works on a very old rusted gate. Lol.
Shouldn't touch the paint. Thats only thing held your wrought iron gate together. Lol. Good luck.
I have used this video as a reference to make a material for a 3D model of an iron gate. Very useful.
Thanks for all the great tips!
Yes please, I’m 48 but I feel like it still applies! 😅😅 definitely more videos like this! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖💖💖
Still young. Lol
Thanks for the video! My wrought iron railings are 12 yrs old and I need to do this asap. How's it holding up so far?
Well, only been several months since i had repainted it. It's fine. Rust must coming thru.
When I put up my new patio gates I will paint the joints and edges for added protection.
Thank you for your expertise.
Lol.. I can't call myself an expert. Just trying to find the easiest way to get the job done.
do they recommend using water to wash away rust remover? seems it might create more rust.
That's not how rust works. Yes water is the cause of rust. But in this situation you can't seriously think spraying down this fence before painting is the wrong method. It's perfectly fine.
what sort of primer did you use before applying the paint? My gate company just gave me a spray can of paint to apply where there is peeling of color from the gate. However, after applying the spray paint there is no thickness at all. I guess I need to use a primer before I apply a coat of paint. Thanks
I had some Rust-Oleum primer. That's what i used.
Also, what is the white paint/spray that you used around the 8:50 mark before you applied the top coat?
Just white primer/paint. I got different primer on the shelf so I decided to use them.
This is a really messy business. I've tried it. Gives you way more work in the end
What if u just scrape off the old paint and make it smooth then paint on top of the trust, will this still work?
I was scrapped as much of peeled paint as i could. I was not planning to take all the off. It would take too much time and energy to remove all the paint. Not practical.
@@tonedubb4325 yh i meant scrape off paint around the trust and then paint over the trust without using rust remover, would that be fine?
Oh.. i misread the thread. You must take off as much of the rust off as possible. The rust removal agent gets in between all the cracks and crevices. If you paint over the rust, the rust would continue to rot out the metal and push out the new paint. Then, eventually, the paint breaks off. The paint no longer has a smooth surface to bond to. All the work looked nice for a short period of time, then looked bad again.
@@tonedubb4325 ahh i see ur point, i guess removing the trust with the liquid is a must then
I normally remove the iron gate and get it sand blasted.
Powered coat it and never have to deal with it for many years.
That'd be nice but I'm on a budget.
@tonedubb4325 right! Lol I feel that!
@melissaestapa198
Working out in the sun doing iron work fencs are a pain in the booty....lol
But someone has to do it, so why not just invite friends over for a BBQ fence painting party...lol
@frankrodriguez5202 I'm currently working on my iron railing on my porch on the MS Gulf Coast 🥵 I regretted starting about 30 minutes in 🤣 so many little crevices 😒 but after pressure washing the house porch and carport it really stood out and I couldn't just stop at pressure washing. Oh no. Must continue the torture lol 😆
@melissaestapa198
I loveeee pressure washing....lol
Makes a huge difference.
Butttttt......I live in California, and it's perfect weather for it.......not sure how the weather is over there.....but hang in there.
Hope it turns out amazing when you're done.🫡
Yes it is but it's really not bad considering how old the railings are. I plan to complete the project before the weather gets hot. I will let you know how they turn out
Cool.
Cool.
Anyone out there with a lot of experience doing big jobs restoring gates and railings. I am using phosphoric acid on about 100 square meters of rusted 15 year old, very ornate and intricate gates and railings. Is it wise to use water to rinse after putting on the acid. I just thought that might bring rust again. Also, is it ok to paint about 6 hours after putting on the acid. You might ask why. We get a lot of rain here at night in Thailand this time of year.
If the weather is nice and hot, the water will dry up fast, leaving a nice clean surface with no rust. Once it's rinsed off, the surface is good to paint on. This was a small job. Have you seen the laser rust removal gun? That's bad ass. It will get in all those nooks and crannies. This rust removal gel could, too.
@@tonedubb4325 thanks brother, I'll check out the laser. It's hot here but it's pretty humid. I propose to apply acid in the morning. Rinse off and apply paint after about an hour or two 🤗
@EamonnMurphy-cc1dt unless you're in that business of wrought iron fence painting, buying that machine is not cost effective. Unless you're filthy rich, then again, if you're filthy rich, you'd hire someone to do it. 😆.
@@tonedubb4325 Cheers, and thanks for the heads up 🤗
HOW MUCH FOR PAINT THE GATE ?
I don't know. i got about 5 cans of left over free spray paints. Not all are full. I used all of them.
What if I just pain over it ?
If you don't remove the rust, the paint will come off eventually. You can get away with if just a little thin surface rust. If the rust really bad, you can't just cover with paint. Kinda like you know there's a bird poop on the fence but you just paint over it. That spot will crack and paint will come off. 😆 same concept i guess.
@@tonedubb4325 thanks I appreciate it. My gate started to rust bad. I guess the welding wasn’t done right and it looked like water got in and it’s golden orange.
This guy has no clue you have to sand the shit out of this gate down to the metal and use a rust primer and then use an oil rustolum top coat he will be doing his job over again a few years or sooner depending on where he lives.
It is easy to give advice to someone, saying you need to remove all the rust by sanding. Sanding would not take all the rust of. Why not get that laser rust remover or dip in chemical bath. That will remove 100% of all the rust and paint. It's a gate and not a high end classic that worth a few millions. I am not willing to spend a day or 2, totally removing all the paint and rust. The time put into it trying to get all the rust off is not worth it. if I hired a professional to do this, I guarantee he won't remove all the rust before applying paint. He would tell me he did so he can get pay and leave. I can safely say if you were here doing it, you would probably said that's good enough after spending a few hours sanding and started painting. It's fine if I need to touch it up in about 5yrs. The gate lasted about 8 to 10yrs before i had to paint it. Only way to make paint last longer is to powder coat it.
@@tonedubb4325 I think your defensive replay to Steven's comment is extremely ignorant. You didn't have that much rust to begin with. All you had to do was buy a wire brush with a drill attachment to it. They sell them everywhere. The wire brush would have also smoothed out the huge gaps you had in the metal that you thought the painted would even out. It WONT, that gap is too large.
That rust removal spray/paste took just as much time to simply wire brush the rust out. Then you get can of oil primer, prime the entire fence, not just the spots that had rust. Then you buy and oil based can of spray paint with a Gloss finish. The primer is important for the entire fence, because rust will come back later in a few years and you'll have to redo the job. That's all he was trying to tell you, and he was 100% correct. This job will not last decades, but a couple of years. All you had to do was watch a few more youtube videos and figure out the proper method of painting metal (even with rust). And you clearly didn't.
I've never seen anyone in my life only prime certain spots of a project and not the entire project. Was it really worth the 2 dollars extra you saved? yikes.
For future videos, make sure you show people what products you purchased to do jobs.
@@failzgamer You seem like the guy to ask, so here we go. I am about to repaint my metal railings. Not much rust, not much paint chipping. However, they're black, and I want them white. I know I want to use the Rustoleam white enamel as the finish. I'll apply with a brush. As far as prep, I wanted to do exactly as you suggested, use a wire brush on a drill. Do I need to sand all of the paint off after I remove the rust? Or do I just need to scratch it up so the primer will stick to it?
Also, as far as primer, can I use the rustoleam rusty metal primer, which is a brown color, with the white enamel paint? Or is there a certain primer you would suggest.
I know you have no reason to help and it may be intrusive of me to ask, but if you did, I'd sure appreciate it!
PS. I've watched so many videos and have seen so many different opinions in comments. It just hasn't gotten me the specifics I'm looking for.
@@gbrowski The wire brush I used was the cup brush from norton (@ Lowes) mainly, but you should buy the entire 6 piece set for future projects. The wire brush will perform 3 tasks. It will remove rust, it will remove paint aswell as paint chips, and most importantly it will create scratches on the surface of the fence. The scratches will allow the primer something to attach to and act as a better glue. I also suggest a drill that's powered by a power outlet, not a battery. Depending on how much fence you have, you're going to spend around 1-2 hours per 10 feet of fence. The wire brush is not going to remove all the paint. But it really doesn't have to. I've seen some videos of people removing all the paint, that's insane. This is exactly why we get primer. Whatever the wire brush doesn't get to, then you can do a bit of light sanding. You just need to make sure to get every surface for paint chips and rust. That's it. VERY IMPORTANT, After that is all done, water down the fence and wipe it down with clean rags as much as possible before painting.
Now the primer, I used Rust-oleum Clean Metal Primer CANS (oil based, this dries very fast). For every 10 feet of fence, I needed 1.5 cans. But my fence was already white. I focused mostly on the previously rusty areas and then did a light coat on the rest of the fence. Since you're going from black to white. You're going to need to primer the hell out of that fence. Maybe 2-3 cans per 10 feet. You have to understand, yes primer is to allow future paint to stick better, but it's also to prevent paint bleeding. For example, if you were to paint a black wall with white paint. It will not come out white, but a light gray. If you primed the black surface first, the next paint to go on will be the true color. So one of the most important things about going from extremely dark to extremely light is 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. Depending on your budget, you figure it out.
I don't recommend a brown primer. But I'm not a professional painter, I just watched as many videos as I could and looked for a pattern and used my best judgement on previous paint jobs around the house. I've never seen a brown primer, I've always used a white primer. That clean metal primer gives off a white hue, which is even better if you're looking to paint a fence white. For me, I only had 40 feet of fence to paint. If you have way more fence. You might looking for white primer in gallons. It really doesn't matter, you just need to make sure it's an oil based primer.
Now the paint, since I only had 40 feetish of fence, I also went with White- Gloss Protective Enamel (Oil based) 2.5-3 Cans per 10 feet. I only did one coat because the previous color was already white. I Don't know where you are in the world, but where I am. Oil based gallons is almost impossible to buy locally. You have to ship from outside and over pay by double. 40 feet of fence costed me roughly $150 in materials. I worked on each section (10 feet) once a week, for about 3-4 hours per session. I don't recommend painting if it's cold. Good Luck.
edit: if you decide to go with the can method at all. make sure you pick up a Comfort Grip Universal Spray Paint Gun by Rust-oleum, it's $12, and saved my hands! Worth every penny.
I won't do this again
Yeah.. it's a pain in the arse to paint metal fence.
Too much fussing. Came here to learn but just learnt to buy Rust-Oleum.
Difficult to hear!
Too many adds interrupting the video, otherwise good info.
I can’t watch this!