Painting a Kelsey 5x8 Model U

picaandpress
on 13 Sep 11 (14:01)

I am going to strip the old, cracked, faded, stained paint off of my Kelsey 5x8 and give it a new paint job.

What kind of paint should I use?

87volcom
on 13 Sep 11 (15:44)

I had someone restore a Kelsey for me and he used a RustOleum with a hammered finish, just the kind in the spray cans. He also put a nice coat of primer underneath that. It came out really nice and is holding up great.

Joey

picaandpress
on 13 Sep 11 (17:05)

Thanks!
I’ll take that into consideration.

picaandpress
on 15 Sep 11 (11:01)

Here it is!

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megahurt
on 15 Sep 11 (16:17)

Classy. I dig it.

picaandpress
on 17 Sep 11 (17:27)

Thanks!

kimaboe
on 17 Sep 11 (18:51)

Is this spray-can primer and Rustoleum? If so what primer?

picaandpress
on 18 Sep 11 (16:03)

Yes it is. I actually didn’t prime it, I just gave it two coats.
The reason being I sandblasted the entire thing prior to painting.

kimaboe
on 18 Sep 11 (17:47)

Nice, I’m in the process of restoring a Nolan No.2, might have to hit my Kelsey as well…

kimaboe
on 3 Oct 11 (00:06)

What type of media did you use for sandblasting?