Posted 2013-02-20 5:18 PM (#150049) Subject: Protecting the step up area on steel trailer
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Does anyone apply anything on the exposed step up painted section behind the mats where the doors shut at the back of a trailer? I'm getting a new steel trailer and I'd like to protect it before all the paint gets chipped off and it starts to rust. Does anyone do that?
It would have to be very thin matting/application of product so the doors still close. I'm not sure yet what kind of clearance I'll have. My horse does have shoes on the front.
Posted 2013-02-20 5:37 PM (#150051 - in reply to #150049) Subject: RE: Protecting the step up area on steel trailer
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Posts: 79 Location: Alberta Canada
Go to an automotive store and buy some rocker guard spray. Its a coal tar based spray that will protect your rear bumper area from rust. Do it now before you use a new trailer, it will adhere better while everything is still clean. It is sold in an aerosol can and one can will be more than enough. I have used this product to spray a stock trailer on the side walls at the bottom where the mat and wall contact. Works like and charm and is inexpensive to do
Posted 2013-02-21 2:08 AM (#150056 - in reply to #150049) Subject: RE: Protecting the step up area on steel trailer
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Sounds like the aerosol will be good for rust, but what about horse hooves tearing through it? That's the part I want to prevent, pulling off the protective paint. It won't rust if the paint stays put.
Posted 2013-02-21 6:25 AM (#150057 - in reply to #150049) Subject: RE: Protecting the step up area on steel trailer
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Posts: 69 Location: Elkhart , Indiana
first clean and repaint the area , then go to menards and get a strip of aluminum and rivit it down . it also looks like your trailer has some roof leaks or the steel is sweating .Good Luck
Protecting the step up area on steel trailer
