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Maintenance on backyard rail
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I have a 18ft steel flat bar rail in my backyard. I spray painted the steel but it is now rusting. what should I do? Sand down the rust and paint? should I repaint it? sand it down to just the steel and leave it?
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hit it more so it doesnt rust, duh
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I have no snow now and it rusted over the summer with the rain i think. But does any one have any real advice for me.
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Sand. Prime. Paint. Preferably Rustoleum.
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Hit it, i have a 20ft flat and its soo rusty but it still slides nicely, only the edges of the metal have to be clear, ever look close at a flat rail at a park? usually the edges are the only parts scratched because the metal bows every-so-slightly in the middle. So hit it up!
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yea i took a file to the edges just to take some of the rust off.
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I welded my own flat rail for my backyard and during the fall it rusted like crazy. Once the first snow came around I just took a power sander to it and got most of it cleared off. The rest that didn't came off right away when I Started hitting it.
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just hit it up a couple times or lightly sand it then grind it.
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