Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface

11-27-2012, 05:47 PM	#1
soapage Newbie   Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 4	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface What Paint will adhere to the surface of this vintage meat grinder. I recently unearth this vintage meat grinder from my parents old house, I wanted to refurbish it and give it a nice coat of red or blue retro shinny paint. How do I prep the surface? What paint to I use? Do I need a paint gun or special equipment? Last edited by soapage; 11-27-2012 at 06:25 PM.

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11-27-2012, 06:55 PM	#2
Protocol. Member   Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 131	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface I wouldn't paint. Just clean. Paint chips could come off and go into the meat.

11-27-2012, 08:43 PM	#3
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,131	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface I'd take it and have it powder coated or replated. Not DIY jobs.

11-28-2012, 06:19 AM	#4
creeper Member     Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: As always..beside myself. Posts: 3,212	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface Its retro on its own, why try and change it from its original state. I'd just clean it

11-28-2012, 06:30 AM	#5
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,246	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface It has a tin coating----I agree Polish it paint might not stick---- If you do choose to paint it --Spray cans---a primer designed for galvanized would be the choice--then a couple of coats with a high quality gloss enamel---Expect the oils from the meat to cause paint failure--- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

11-28-2012, 11:00 AM	#6
soapage Newbie   Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 4	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface well I guess I will just clean and polish the stainless steel and keep the original finish.

11-29-2012, 07:19 AM	#7
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,246	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface That's not stainless steel---it's a base metal with a coating of tin---- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

11-29-2012, 10:38 AM	#8
BigJim STAFF     Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 4,630	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface With a felt polishing wheel and polishing compound, I bet it would clean up and look great. Had another thought, would the tin coating be too thin to polish? __________________ New members: Please consider adding your location to your profile, it helps other members to give more accurate answers to your questions. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Jim Last edited by BigJim; 11-29-2012 at 10:40 AM. Reason: Added

12-08-2012, 11:30 AM	#9
bobelectric Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 84,Pa.15330 Posts: 895	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface Get it sandblasted with corn husks.Looks like cast aluminum.

12-10-2012, 03:35 PM	#10
huesmann Member   Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 54	Vintage Sears Meat Grinder: Help Painting Surface Anodize!