Thread: Box Trailer Paint

seems masters (rockhampton) sells Hammerite.

If it's a box trailer ................. The cheapest paint you can find. Mis-mixes are good for trailers. I got some self priming "rust" type enamel from Aldi last year. It was cheap, so now my trailers are all heritage green (as it's the only colour they had left when I spotte dit ).

My reasoning behind this is you will never "wear out" a paint job on a trailer. It will ALWAYS need another within a year or two. You'll scratch it loading ***** on it. Scratch it up by scraping shovels on it (after loads of sand/gravel/chipbark/etc).... Basically using a box trailer leads to scratching all the paint off it. Especially in the load area, so why use expensive paint or put huge time into a paint job .... that'll you'll scratch right back off )

I just give 'em a quick scrape and wire brush every couple of years to remove loose/flaky paint and re-coat with a $4.00 roller kit (you'll paint 95% of the trailer in 10minutes with a roller and get a good heavy coat on). Then chuck the roller kit in the bin.

seeya,
Shane L.