Letter 42007

Can I paint a walk-in cooler? [Texas] 

August 24, 2006

I own a couple of pizza restaurants called Papa Joe's Pizza and would like to paint the aluminum walk-in cooler the colors of the high school next door. I actually messed up the walls of the cooler by thinking they were stainless steel and used oven cleaner--ouch--black mess! The school colors idea is just a cover up (no pun intended)! So I really need some help. No bad weather conditions to worry about.

Mama Joe
Papa Joe's Pizza - Dripping Springs, TX, USA

Can you? None of us can answer that. May you, you do not need our permission. Should you, probably. How to-Go to a real paint store and get a primer made for aluminum. Wash the cooler with an abrasive pad (not steel wool) with a little TSP [Trisodium Phosphate [link is to product info at Amazon]] from a wallpaper store. Rinse, dry, prime and paint. Make sure that the primer and the paint are compatible. Spray is optimal. If you roll, use a short nap roller.

James Watts
- FL

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