Re: Painting undercarriage, etc.

["Myron Ware" <cmw@domain.elided>]

Tom,
  When I had all my stuff torn apart, I took a wire brush in a drill 
and got as clean a surface as possible on the axles, springs, 
steering knuckles, backing plates, and everything else I had laying 
on the floor.  I painted primer first and then some heavy duty black 
spray paint.  It seems to have worked well so far.  Plus, it's not 
really too much work involved. 
HTH,
Myron

Original Message:
> They said they brush off the axles and give 'em a quick shot of paint before
> re-assembly, which got me to thinking..
> Do I just give the axle a bath as well as I can, dry it, and just paint over
> the top with some black paint?  No, I'm not trying to make my Scout look
> good, but if that's a by-product of trying to preserve things better, I don't
> have a problem with it. :-)