Alright, so I'm going to start a discussion here and I just want to get it straight out. I'm goint to ask about PAINTING a chassis. I do not have the facilities nor the means "ie, cash" to powder coat a chassis. 
That said. I have, as some know, painted my chassis, how ever it seems to me that even with several, and I mean several coats, the paint just does not hold up. So I am asking for advice on application technique, or maybe I just need to go to a diffent brand of paint all together.
I'm using a Rust-oleum Professional Grade Industrial Enamel over the top of two coats of Rust-Oleum industrial primer. The first coat I did on the chassis was simply with a rattle can, just to get a base down over my primer. But since then I purchase a 1 gallon can and cut it down per directions when ever I've sprayed.
My delema is the paint still seems soft to me and knicks easy right down to the primer.
Has anyone used the Chassis Paint offered by Eastwood and other manufactures? Is that stuff sturdy? IE, if I walk by my frame and bump it with my cell phone will the paint chip off?
Also, I am concerned that maybe the Rust-oleum product doesn't hold up the way it should, nor will it be good in the long run on a chassis.
I know this isn't rocket science. Heck we use industrial grade paint at work on our heavy equipment, but then again we bake the stuff on, so it doesn't come off that easy. Why the heck is this stuff so soft? It just seems strange.
That said. I have, as some know, painted my chassis, how ever it seems to me that even with several, and I mean several coats, the paint just does not hold up. So I am asking for advice on application technique, or maybe I just need to go to a diffent brand of paint all together.
I'm using a Rust-oleum Professional Grade Industrial Enamel over the top of two coats of Rust-Oleum industrial primer. The first coat I did on the chassis was simply with a rattle can, just to get a base down over my primer. But since then I purchase a 1 gallon can and cut it down per directions when ever I've sprayed.
My delema is the paint still seems soft to me and knicks easy right down to the primer.
Has anyone used the Chassis Paint offered by Eastwood and other manufactures? Is that stuff sturdy? IE, if I walk by my frame and bump it with my cell phone will the paint chip off?
Also, I am concerned that maybe the Rust-oleum product doesn't hold up the way it should, nor will it be good in the long run on a chassis.
I know this isn't rocket science. Heck we use industrial grade paint at work on our heavy equipment, but then again we bake the stuff on, so it doesn't come off that easy. Why the heck is this stuff so soft? It just seems strange.
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