Aging or rusting corrugated steel panels - Home Tiki Bars

B bongofury Grand Member (6 years) Ventura County Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 1565	B bongofury Posted posted on Mon, May 23, 2011 2:57 PM We bought our panels at Home Depot and tryed to get them to rust with several techniques with poor results. I'm sue there is a way, but we gave up and went with a simple fast solution. Red Primer from Best Do It Center. You don't have to cover it up as much as we did (Mrs. Fury painted them all before they were installed), but she did not want to much exposed due to reflecting sun for us and the neighbors behind us. Exposed underside was painted a flat brown. Let us know if you find something better. Ours has been on for over 5 years with no visible fading. We also did not want rust to wash off into the Koi pond or stamped (wood pattern) concrete.

We bought our panels at Home Depot and tryed to get them to rust with several techniques with poor results. I'm sue there is a way, but we gave up and went with a simple fast solution. Red Primer from Best Do It Center. You don't have to cover it up as much as we did (Mrs. Fury painted them all before they were installed), but she did not want to much exposed due to reflecting sun for us and the neighbors behind us. Exposed underside was painted a flat brown.

Let us know if you find something better. Ours has been on for over 5 years with no visible fading. We also did not want rust to wash off into the Koi pond or stamped (wood pattern) concrete.

Post #590353 by bongofury on Mon, May 23, 2011 2:57 PM