Hammerite

Smokin Joe
Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
edited November 2012 in The cake stop
Does it work?

I've got a scruffy old Kawasaki GPZ500 with surface rust on the swing arm and the frame, I was wondering about giving it a go over with some Hammerite. The blurb claims it kills surface rust.

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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hammerite+review

    you tell me.
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Hammerite is crap.

    Go to the FROST website and look for 'Metal Ready' (removes rust) and POR-15 (about 20,000 times better than Hammerite). Expensive, but it works.
  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    Does it work?


    Only if you prepare the surface carefully as for any other paint.
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  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    If you can't be ar$ed and don't mind it looking a big crap, smatter some Hammerite Waxoyl on it. It will stop it getting worse, or at least, slow it down.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    I once painted a mountain bike frame with Hammerite when I was a kid .. probably doubling its weight in the process.
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    Me too. I did prefer my 'Townsend Topeka' in metallic green than the factory supplied pink.

    In hindsight, painting the cassette, chain, derailleur (and even grips!) was a bit much, not that i really noticed a drop in performance.
  • king_jeffers
    king_jeffers Posts: 694
    Peat wrote:
    Me too. I did prefer my 'Townsend Topeka' in metallic green than the factory supplied pink.

    In hindsight, painting the cassette, chain, derailleur (and even grips!) was a bit much, not that i really noticed a drop in performance.

    Ha! My sister did this many years ago - 8 years old, finds a tin of silver spray paint... sprayed the entire bike, everything. Even the tyres :lol: actually looked okay, no drips, quite a pro look for an 8 year old!
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    King Jeffers wrote:
    Peat wrote:
    Me too. I did prefer my 'Townsend Topeka' in metallic green than the factory supplied pink.

    In hindsight, painting the cassette, chain, derailleur (and even grips!) was a bit much, not that i really noticed a drop in performance.

    Ha! My sister did this many years ago - 8 years old, finds a tin of silver spray paint... sprayed the entire bike, everything. Even the tyres :lol: actually looked okay, no drips, quite a pro look for an 8 year old!

    I resprayed the bike my daughter learned to ride on to Rover British Racing Green for my son to do the same. He did once question why it had purple brake cables!
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  • badly_dubbed
    badly_dubbed Posts: 1,350
    Did all my golfs hubs and callipers in hammerite (smooth silver) a few years back...still looking fresh :)

    wire brushed the surface rust off them and painted..

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  • centimani
    centimani Posts: 467
    As a quick and easy solution, Hammerite will do the job admirably.
    There are better paints, but its a scruffy Kawasaki (your words :wink: )...we used Hammerite by the bucketful years ago in an industrial setting. If it was crap, we wouldnt have brought it. Hammerite Smooth gives a better finish BTW.
  • mbthegreat
    mbthegreat Posts: 179
    It certainly works pretty well at ruining your clothing
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    centimani wrote:
    As a quick and easy solution, Hammerite will do the job admirably..

    + 1 - my dad used to use this on (the underside) of every Rover SDI (Vitesse) V8 that we had - seemed to work ok.
  • centimani
    centimani Posts: 467
    Mettan wrote:
    centimani wrote:
    As a quick and easy solution, Hammerite will do the job admirably..

    + 1 - my dad used to use this on (the underside) of every Rover SDI (Vitesse) V8 that we had - seemed to work ok.
    That was a NICE car, shame Rover made it and gave it such a rusty steel shell.

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