Here is a shot of the frame after I finished painting it. I used a satin black Val-spar alkyd enamel. I wasn't very happy with the paint. It didn't spray on well, coming out in globs instead of a good fine mist, and it took almost 3 days to dry despite our dry Colorado air. This one experience made me go back to using Rustoleum alkyd enamel paint.
Because greasing the jeep is such a common and necessary function, I wanted to be sure that the grease zerks would stand out from the rest of the frame. Before painting the frame, I taped each zerk so it would stay clean and shiny. Now it will be easy to find each one when it is time to grease the jeep.
Here is a collection of small parts that have been blasted clean and are now waiting to be painted. One mistake that I made is that I used paper instead of cardboard on the floor beneath each part. I found that the parts tended to stick to paper and created a problem when I went to turn them over. The parts that I painted on cardboard, I didn't have any problems with.
Both of these seat frames painted very nicely, unfortunately, I forgot to blow out the sand from of the tubing. So I got some sandblast sand on part of one of the seat frames.
Here all the parts have been painted using Rustoleum Gloss Black. They really shine under the lights. The fresh paint makes them all look like brand new parts.
