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Repaint aluminum patio furniture

Q. My Tropitone aluminum patio furniture has corrosion under the factory paint. How can I prepare the aluminum for a successful repaint job?

Clyde Sanders
- Venice, Florida, USA
March 29, 2009

Hi, Clyde. You might want to consider taking it to a powder coating shop for stripping, pretreatment, and powder coating. The shop can do a chromate conversion coating as pretreatment, which you can't do because of its toxicity. If you want to repair it yourself, you need to wire brush all loose paint, apply a zinc phosphate primer ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] , and then finish coat with a paint of your choice (but not epoxy because it's not UV resistant). Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted is available for instant or longterm help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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Q. We just purchased Tropitone table & 4 chairs Banchetto Slat Table, 2 Corisca sling chairs and 2 corisca sling rocker. Numbers on invoice are 11313a, 704095 & 704093 & 704094. Numbers on tags are 161170, CO7106R ABR 491865-6. We would like to order paint to use on old base. Please advise where we can order paint, price etc. Thank you.

William Christie
- Troy Ohio USA
July 11, 2012

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