Paint suggestions for cat iron please.

[saveasteading]

Hoping to do as few operations to this gutter as possible. A one coat solution would be welcome.

Any suggested products?

I last did that about 10 years ago using something like hammerite. As you can perhaps  see it was onto variously the previous finish, an undercoat, or iron.

Did I do a primer where it was rusty iron? Can't remember, but certainly only if the tin said I had to.

 

Clearly the paint didn't adhere as hoped, or fade as anticipated.

 

So, suggestions for minimal prep, over any surface, in green.  Please. 🤞 

[saveasteading]

Looks like I need to do my own research.

[BotusBuild]

Still trying to figure out what "cat iron" is to be honest 🙂 

 

But, IMHO, take the guttering down, clean it all up removing loose paint and rust with a good steel brush (maybe use something in a drill?).

 

Paint. Yes to a primer, then you top coat.

 

If you can afford it Farrow & Ball do downpipe paint (but I guess its for the guttering as well). Other alternatives - Rustoleum, FLAG, Bedec and Centrecoat

[JohnMo]

20 hours ago, saveasteading said:

last did that about 10 years ago using something like hammerite

If it lasts 10 years, why not use the same again - Hammerite?

Edited 9 hours ago by JohnMo

[saveasteading]

7 hours ago, JohnMo said:

why not use the same again  - Hammerite?

Because it has been blotchy for a while so not rally 10 years aesthetically. 

thanks for the names, Ill read up a bit incl Hammerite. Rustoleum I know the name, but the others are new.

7 hours ago, BotusBuild said:

what "cat iron" is to be honest 🙂 

 

Only one typo is good going with my fingers.

I dont fancy taking it down as it is probably 70 years since it was last fitted (we are told that the roof was originally shingles but didn't last long.)  and will be 25 years older than that. 

Just the steel brush perhaps, then whichever paint seems to be the stickiest.