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Title: Paint and fruit juice
Post by: cleo on August 03, 2007, 16:49:00

any ideas please? I`ve got an amateur size fruit press(Vigo?) but over the years the base unit has flaked and gone rusty in places. Soon will be apple pressing time,I intend to give it a good scrubbing with a wire brush but would welcome views on the best paint to use. The juice is only in contact for a few seconds-should I paint or just leave clean metal?-

Title: Re: Paint and fruit juice
Post by: markfield rover on August 03, 2007, 16:59:38

Would Hammerite work ?

Title: Re: Paint and fruit juice
Post by: Eristic on August 04, 2007, 22:31:13

I would use Hammerite but you may have left it a bit late for this season. Hammerite takes absolutely ages to go glassy hard and from memory I think it is a minimum of 6 weeks on the tin.

Title: Re: Paint and fruit juice
Post by: caroline7758 on August 05, 2007, 13:14:54

I used Hammerite "metal shades" to paint my rusty clothes drier this week, and it dried in a few hours. The tin says "touch dry 1 hour, re-coat between 1-8 hours". There's a website www.hammerite.com, which might help.

Title: Re: Paint and fruit juice
Post by: cleo on August 25, 2007, 17:20:28

Thanks all-Hammerite worked. See my post on edibles-A pressing day :)

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