Anyone Use Steel-it?

Thinking about a coating for my upcoming roll cage. Saw this product at King of the Hammers, has anyone used it? Looks pretty nice, and weldable.
https://steel-it.com/products/polyurethane-aerosol

 

Never heard of it til now but looks intriguing

 

I watched the youtube videos of Blake Wilkey building his Mint 400 Baja bug and he used it all over the place including the bare chassis. It looks like a pretty good product. He is sponsored by them though so it could just be contractual..

skip to 12:45 ish

 

I really struggle to trust a product when it's sponsored, especially when they rave about it. I mean, if I had free cases of krylon coming to the house, you bet I'd paint my jeep in it. And if I was being paid to promote it? I'd like it.....

 

I painted a couple jeeps with Krylon....

 

But you must agree.... there are better options out there

 

Not when you're building a jeep engine in your living room with the transmission under the kitchen table, you have zero budget and this is going to be your DD cause you need a second working vehicle.

Yeah, my DD 25 years ago was a 1947 cj2a. Krylon was cheaper than rustolium and I was happy to have it. Built that jeep with basic hand tools and a CHilton manual to free up the t-90 and D 18.. Also used it to build the wiring harness.. I did get a universal manual to rebuild the F head.. Yeah, hole in hood...

I look back at pictures.. What a pile of absolute garbage.

 

But did it not suffice for your use? There is a place for POS's, even if they happen to be a JK.

Steel-it might be something I would like to try.

 

My wife told me to buy it when I saw it in the paper on our one year anniversary. Took our entire 500 buck savings to own and I had to tow it home.. frozen transmission, 2 spun main bearings....Burnt exhaust vales and broken rings...Square bias ply tires..

Did it ever suffice what I needed in so many ways!.. I loved that jeep way more than I ever should have. There's nothing better than driving to work in the snow in AZ with no top in a POS that you build in the yard with zero money with your own 2 hands. That thing has Denman ground hawgs and the ross box. If you know, you know.. Stock brakes too... once again.. if you know...

Flat towed it to Olympia Wa where I grafted a steel hardtop to my 2a half cab because of th rain.. Drove it there as a DD for some time too.. My wife even drove it occasionally..

When I had to move to the east coast, I had to sell it.. I cried big fat ugly tears when I signed over the title..

 

It depends...

I raced National Off-road motorcycles for more than a decade, with my last race a 24 hour event when I was 52, and had a lot of sponsors. My rule was if I wouldn't spend my money on the product, I wouldn't accept sponsorship. I wanted to have confidence in the product I supported and recommended.

With that said, a lot of riders would take whatever they could get from whomever would provide tires, cloths, bikes, parts, etc., and I wouldn't trust their opinion about anything...

 

I used it to repaint my shocks last summer. It was super easy to paint with and is holding up great. It would look great on a roll bar.

 

Thanks, I was looking for first hand experience. I might just try it, I think the darker color.

 

There are many of these urethane paints on the market. I believe they are all "moisture cured urethane" MCU, which is a single-stage coating that cures when exposed to moisture in the air. I am familiar with Aluthane, which is an aluminum-filled MCU. https://paints-coatings-epoxies.com/a_aluthane_aluminum_paint.html Aluthane uses aluminum pigment, which dries to a silvery appearance. These coatings both seal out moisture and air by shingling the impermeable pigment within the urethane matrix, as well as scavenging water from the surface in curing.

I don't know if stainless is any better than aluminum for this purpose. I suspect this is a gimmick. Aluminum is cheap, and I predict it would stay in suspension longer than the denser steel. Maybe if you shake it enough ... from the picture above, the steel pigment looks a little darker than sprayed aluminum. Whatever pigment you use, it's only going to be as hard/tough as the surrounding polymer.

You can find comparisons of these paints online if you search.

 

Looks like some nice paint. I was more interested in the metal superstore. Industrial Metal Supply. I have driven by there but did not know how they were set up. Guess I need to get out of my cave [Jeep quarantine] and go do a store walkabout.

 

Oh man, if there was an Industrial Metal Supply closer than 500 miles, I would be there a lot. A total toy store.

 

Gotta be one in Reno!

 

Not according to their website. But with all the race cars and rock crawlers in this area, it would be an opportunity for someone.