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looking for a hard wearing paint for footrests

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Trigger:
Totty, you are right about Hammerite/Smoothrite. It has changed over the years, not as good as the old stuff. I have always found hammerite is a lot better once it has been baked on in the oven. Por 15 is a lot better, but it is all down to cost. In the states Por 15 is very cheap, whereas here it demands a big dig in the pocket.

LesterPiglet:
The only time I've needed to use thinners with Smoothrite is cleaning a brush after touchup. I used normal cellulose and it worked fine. I have 0 discolouration after 20 years on the frame and I've poured plenty of solvent over it when cleaning my engine. A bit of T-cut or chrome cleaner cleans it up well.

EDIT. Oh sorry. It would have been 10-12 years ago.

totty:
It's very different stuff now to what it was 20 years ago.

Trigger:
I still have a tin on the top shelve that says Finnegans Hammerite. Think that has been on that shelf since 1988.

florence:
how annoying if it's changed formula.  Perhaps it's been health and safetied?

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