OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Victa Hammertone Paint Drama, Early 80s Model.

Hi MF,

I'll have to say that the Ultra-Colour paint is really beautiful on the eyes indeed but as we've both worked out the curing process is rather painful and long drawn out to say the least, especially in this current cold climate as well.

I would very much suggest that it should be baked thoroughly and a whole complete mower base just isn't possible in a domestic oven. The issue with taking it to a crash shop is that it would have to go into a baking over that is being used at the same time to spray a vehicle which would probably end up having some overspray settle on the mower chassis which isn't what one wants.

Also a major point is that this Hammertone requires much longer in an oven compared to a vehicle where they use a 2 Pack paint which has a catalyst hardner within and plays a major part of the curing process, while Hammertone doesn't and just requires heat and time to properly cure out hard, rememberrng it contains silicone which also plays a major part in the "slowing down" of the curing process.

It's a bit of an issue to solve. Just remembering when I did the Phoenix 45 it was a Series 1 machine where the chassis can be separated into individual components and thus I could use our domestic oven for the whole lot, now if it was a Series 2 then I would've been in strife here in Adelaide where its much colder than ......say Queensland.

Cheers,
BB.