trailer hitch refurb

[heritage03]

Bought a hitch through this forum and when I got it discovered quite a bit of rust around the bar itself. Has anyone tried to dismantle to have powder coated or tried painting this piece?

[Alex05SSR]

Originally Posted by heritage03

Bought a hitch through this forum and when I got it discovered quite a bit of rust around the bar itself. Has anyone tried to dismantle to have powder coated or tried painting this piece?

heritage03:

Since the hitch insert has a textured finish anyway helping to provide a bond, I would take some steel wool and clean off all of the visible rust. Then I would paint it with aluminum colored Rust-oleum oil based protective enamel paint. The paint code number is #7715. This should be a pretty good color match to what the existing hitch is. Just my thoughts on this subject.

Alex

[Doug Allen]

Originally Posted by Alex05SSR

heritage03:

Since the hitch insert has a textured finish anyway helping to provide a bond, I would take some steel wool and clean off all of the visible rust. Then I would paint it with aluminum colored Rust-oleum oil based protective enamel paint. The paint code number is #7715. This should be a pretty good color match to what the existing hitch is. Just my thoughts on this subject.

Alex

[SS My R]

Originally Posted by heritage03

Bought a hitch through this forum and when I got it discovered quite a bit of rust around the bar itself. Has anyone tried to dismantle to have powder coated or tried painting this piece?

Try getting most of it chromed .