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Bead blasting material has less of a tendency to stick to the metal and leaves a better finish. You will still need to do some sanding to get the finish smooth, though. As soon as you get the metal cleaned up, immediately after blasting it and sanding it. You can lay down a primer coat to protect it. However, that will only be good for short term protection since primer can attract moisture and eventually the rust will begin developing again. I do not know if powder coat will work with primer paint. I kind of doubt it. For something like this, especially where lead and Babbitt material are involved, I'd stick with a good enamel paint and forget about the powder coating. By the way, I still have some old lead counterweights that I cast on my mothers kitchen stove. They were never painted and work just fine. I never even painted them. LOL CS Steve -------------------- Stephen Forbes - President Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC 61 Valhalla Farm Road Hillsboro, NH 03244 Web: http://TrapeziumTelescopes.com Email: Stephen.Forbes@TrapeziumTelescopes.com Phone: 1.603.325.0619 6" f/15 Jaegers refractor on GOTO GEM 5.1" f/8 Burgess on CG-5 w/ iOptron GOTONOVA 102mm f/7 refractor on iOptron Mini Tower 1975 Celestron Orange Tube C8 on Equatorial Mini Tower 1978 RV-6 on iOptron Mini Tower Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes BarrySimon615 03/31/08 08:47 AM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes astronomy-shoppe.com   03/11/09 02:01 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes *DELETED* chris_nelson   02/18/09 03:54 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Lew Chilton   02/19/09 01:47 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes tim53   02/19/09 02:04 PM Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes Glassthrower   02/19/09 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