In my never ending war with rust, I've taken to cleaning up and coating things after I'm done working on them, but this is always with whatever I happen to have laying around. Cheap rattle cans, flex seal a few times, etc.
As I continue to work on bigger and more important pieces, what do you recommend keeping around to spray things down with? I have access to a powder coating line at work but I have to have a paper and $$ trail for everything I do, so I don't want to mess with that all the time. Same idea for the air gun, I can mix paint for larger projects but that's a lot of work for a couple small parts. I'm thinking some sort of spray can or maybe a roll/brush on. Flex seal has seemed to work well for a few things but I know there will be times when it's not appropriate. Regular cheap spray paint works good initially, but it will never last more than a few months/year.
Just wondering if there was some middle ground. Something fairly durable but also quick and easy to apply so that I can keep some on hand and can do a quick touch up as I'm bolting things back together.
As I continue to work on bigger and more important pieces, what do you recommend keeping around to spray things down with? I have access to a powder coating line at work but I have to have a paper and $$ trail for everything I do, so I don't want to mess with that all the time. Same idea for the air gun, I can mix paint for larger projects but that's a lot of work for a couple small parts. I'm thinking some sort of spray can or maybe a roll/brush on. Flex seal has seemed to work well for a few things but I know there will be times when it's not appropriate. Regular cheap spray paint works good initially, but it will never last more than a few months/year.
Just wondering if there was some middle ground. Something fairly durable but also quick and easy to apply so that I can keep some on hand and can do a quick touch up as I'm bolting things back together.