Rusty Sky Dish Renovation

[Fisty McB]

From experience earlier this year in trying to paint a perforated dish, using Hammerite will almost certainly "block" the holes in the dish unless you thin the paint down to a ridiculous level.

I'd suggest that if the rust is only cosmetic, just brush as much of it as you can off with a steel or brass brush and then spray paint the areas of the dish you want to cover. That's what I did with an old Sky dish that was hanging off the side of the current house I live in. A couple of £2 matt black spray paint cans from Poundland should do the trick.

 

[Lazarus]

From experience earlier this year in trying to paint a perforated dish, using Hammerite will almost certainly "block" the holes in the dish unless you thin the paint down to a ridiculous level.

I'd suggest that if the rust is only cosmetic, just brush as much of it as you can off with a steel or brass brush and then spray paint the areas of the dish you want to cover. That's what I did with an old Sky dish that was hanging off the side of the current house I live in. A couple of £2 matt black spray paint cans from Poundland should do the trick.

....... or, just use Kurust and forget about painting completely

 

[Tony1A]

Well, plenty to go with there! I will have to mull everything over, but the spraying sounds good. Yep, I'll have to sleep on it!

 

[Tony1A]

Okay! I'm thinking of getting a tin of grey gloss primer and then coat it with matte black paint. Would that be okay to do? I can't go spraying dishes as I have nowhere to do that.