OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Question On Scott Bonnar Cylinder Mowers What do you use to paint?

Hey guys.

Im pretty close to picking up a 17in scott bonnar for a refurb job as a project aswell as my 20in for home use.

I notice a lot of people are painting in hammertone paint. Do you guys spray with proper guns? or just out of cans?

Pics of the sb is below. What do you all think about it as a project?











I don't want to keep the original engine as i want to upgrade to something new.

Hi,

Most of us will use a spray gun and use the original type finish which was Hammertone on these SB's. Those without these facilities will use spray cans but you won't find any of the original colours that SB used in a can.

These have to be colour matched to the inside of the chain case where the paint hasn't been affected by the sun.

Cheers,
BB

you will get the best hammertone finish if you induce the paint out of the spray pack with a well poised and debonair flick of the wrist. very important to evenly coat so you need to get the correct sized screwdriver to entice the product out of the spray pack. i learned all i know on this site

Well if you're not keeping the original engine then I guess you aren't that concerned with keeping the original paint finish so just grab any of the spray pack metal finish paints that don't need a primer on clean metal such as Dulux Metalguard or Killrust. I use the spray packs to spot spray welds on trailers as I build them and then do a complete spray job with a gravity feed low pressure gun once it is finished.