Hi

I just built a table to put my plane on to adjust and start so I don't have to kneel down. ( I have bad knees) The top of this table is steel. Could someone tell me what kind of paint to put on it, that will be fuel proof. Thanks for the help. Fred

You will have the best luck with an automotive primer/ paint system with a clearcoat. Baring that, proper prep, primer, and an automotive spray can touchup type paint would work.

If you do not want to clear coat the table, an automotive paint OR epoxy (2 part ) paint.

If you want to spend the extra time to clear coat the table, use any paint you would like, then give it 2 - 3 coat of an ACRYLIC clear ENAMEL. Enamel will go over just about any other type of paint with no compatibility problems.

I recently did some tests on clear coat paints. Dupli-Color clear ACRYLIC enamel (automotive stores - gloss only ) AND Krylon ACRYLIC clear (satin & gloss ) in the spray cans are good to 15% nitro raw fuel. The test involved pouring some 15% fuel on the test panels and letting them sit for 8 hours with the fuel on them. Upon cleaning, the test panels were in perfect shape. There was no degredation of the clear coat or the underlying paint.

Hope this helps.

Hello again.

Can't thank you guys enough. I got the exact information I was looking for. Life is good !!!!
Fred

some basic lustre coat spray paint from top flight, will also fit the bill, fuel proof spray can colors sticks to just about anything