Painting an auger?

[riverrat56]

The auger assembly on my Jiffy is really starting to have paint flake off and rust starting to form, all of the edges have bare metal and rust at least a half inch in.

I want to get it repainted to stop the rust from forming. Am I best off to take it somewhere and get it sandblasted and then painted or could I do it myself by sanding the remaining paint, then priming and painting it?

[Bigslugger]

I spray painted mine with Rustoleum and no luck with it. It just wore off

[Wildabeast]

You can prep and paint yourself but the paint will wear. You might consider having it powerder coated, or just go for it and have it chromed.

[polarsusd81]

You could do it yourself but taking it somewhere would probably serve you better. A good quality automotive paint will last a long time on there. I am thinking of having mine painted by my buddy over the off season. He does a lot of cool stuff with an air brush and I might have him do something cool on there for me.

What ever you do, go with a dark color to absorb the uv rays from the sun and help melt the snow and ice off your auger when you leave it in the sun outside the porty.

[Sandmannd]

Another opthion is to get a new auger. I know for Strikemasters they are only about $75. Not sure how much it is to have auto paint done on them but that is your best bet if you are going to paint it. Spray paint won't hold up at all. Powder coating is a great option at all.

[deadeye]

I was bored and did mine early this winter. I ground off all the rust with a angle grinder and then hit it with a wire wheel to smooth and clean it up the last little bit. I used a basic black enamel to paint it and it has held up just fine.

Like said above, powder coating is the best option if available. Powder coating would have been a little to pricey for me, and I figure if I have to spend a couple hours repainting it once a year its ok for me. Chrome would be sweet, I would love to see that sometime.

[Northlander]

Call Jay Soderbloom. I know he does powder coating and he may be interested in doing your auger fluting.

www.soderbloom.com

[harvey lee]

Powder coating would without a doubt last the longest on the auger.

[riverrat56]

Thanks for the info guys! Onces the off season rolls around I will be looking into some of these options.

Now chrome, there is something I never thought of...Bring yellow with flames on it yes, but chrome no...