Preserving a relic for outdoors

[Holly_squirrel]

Found a section of iron victorian fencing and have spent a great deal of time cleaning the corroded rust off of it. But I want to use it as decoration outside in a flowerbed. There are a few parts where the iron is alittle delicate . After spending all that time restoring it , it seems silly to spray it with rustolium spray paint... But I want it protected as best as it can be... It's dated from mid 1800's - 1880's. so it's not something I want to have to trash in 10 years.



This was it halfway through cleaning process.

 

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[killerclown]

I would spray it...you can get a clear spray....more of a UV coating t protect it. Awesome find tho!

 

[blackbeard81]

Something else you could look in to is having it sand blasted but as old as it is,that's probably not a good idea.And that's an awesome find I would defiantly do something like that.

 

[Holly_squirrel]

So far.. It's a keeper

 

[cudamark]

Evaporust, POR15, and then whatever color you want to paint it.

 

[dirtwizard]

powdercoat it black

 

[Frankn]

Look at it this way, It was originally painted black or white. I have seen many of them in the old days. So, the problem is preservation. If you have gotten off all the rust you can, paint it with rustolium rust killing primer and then 2 or3 coats of rustolium flat black. That should hold up for quite some time.
PS. I usually wire brush and/or sandblast to remove rust depending on condition. Nice find! Frank...

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Yeah I guess it was painted before , now that you mention it .. Powder coating it black sounds nice.. Bet my dad could do that for me at work. Oh yes , I've been using a wire brush on a drill to sand it.. That's why the iron is eating my skin off .. Lol

 

[BryanM362]

Yeah I guess it was painted before , now that you mention it .. Powder coating it black sounds nice.. Bet my dad could do that for me at work. Oh yes , I've been using a wire brush on a drill to sand it.. That's why the iron is eating my skin off .. Lol

Unless all the rust gone, nothing will stick to it long term. There is rust converter, that changes rust chemically to an inert substance. I would clean it as best you can, coat it with rust converter, then a rust encapsulator, then spray paint over that. Powder coating will make it look too modern. In my opinion.

 

[Holly_squirrel]

Unless all the rust gone, nothing will stick to it long term. There is rust converter, that changes rust chemically to an inert substance. I would clean it as best you can, coat it with rust converter, then a rust encapsulator, then spray paint over that. Powder coating will make it look too modern. In my opinion.

I may just ship it to you at this point , and pay you to do it. Lol My hands look like a lizard from this fence. It needs a converter and encapsular , you think? Next it's gonna need a carburetor and New steering column ..

 

[BryanM362]

I may just ship it to you at this point , and pay you to do it. Lol My hands look like a lizard from this fence. It needs a converter and encapsular , you think? Next it's gonna need a carburetor and New steering column ..

You funny!

Not as hard as it sounds! You can buy the converter at Lowes, or Home Depot. Not sure about the encapsulator, but I know most auto parts stores have it. Can prolly get them both in a spray can too. Make sure you use a resperator, of some sort. Then fumes aren't good for you.

 

[arnofarrell]

I like spray paint. Prime it and then a nice black paint would look good.