Frequently Coated Items: Wrought Iron Patio Furniture

Local Environment and substrate materials should be considered when deciding how to coat outdoor patio furniture. This garden bicycle lives in Southern Oregon where wet weather in fall and winter is not uncommon. This bicycle will be the home of potted plants and will be subjected to water from sprinklers and seasonal temperature extremes. By utilizing our Zinc-Rich Epoxy Primer ESS-10171 as a base coat, it ensures the longest corrosion resistance possible.

Substrate preparation is probably the most important consideration with this project. When received, the bicycle was full of surface corrosion with visible rust, partially applied white spray-paint and peeling layers of a previous coating. The use of a burn off oven was very beneficial in aiding of the removal of the old coating. With temperatures approaching 700 degrees fahrenheit, the existing coating was rendered to ash after just a few hours. What remained was easily removed with the Sand-Blaster..

Sand-Blasting with 100 grit aluminum oxide or garnet sand provides an excellent adhesion profile for a powder coat application and removed all burned off residue and left-over corrosion spots. Using protective gloves and keeping the garden bicycle away from clothing will keep the piece from gaining contaminants that will affect your cured powder's outcome.

After blowing off excess sand and dust from the garden bicycle, it can be helpful to discharge the bicycle from built up static which can occur during the sand-blasting and handling process.

With a protective coating of Zinc-Rich Epoxy Primer ESS-10171 and Gloss White PSS-5690 this garden bicycle should be well protected from the elements for years to come.