July 6, 2005

Powder Coated toolboxes are too much so I thought about painting a stainless steel one, because they are cheaper.
Any Thoughts?

July 6, 2005

HI ALL
What are you going to use the tool box for? (Work, home, truck) I have just bought a new tool box. I use mine at work every day and have some heavy tools. I bought a Snap-On tool box because my dealer gave me credit and a nice deal. From experience you get what you pay for. Painting stainless is a pain in the butt. It will peel. Look at a good used box. The box I traded in was only a year old and looked brand new. My dealer sold it to another guy for about half the original price I payed. Good luck hope this helps.
P.S. please don't buy a stainless box nothing beats the original red box.
ryanburbridge
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July 10, 2005

prolly not stainless, but rather aluminum, you will need to spray the aluminum with a tacky epoxy style primer first, something made for attaching to polished aluminum, it will also have to be thourally cleaned first. Then once that is on, paint it, should hold up well.

or save the hastle and cost and buy what you want. UWS boxes are well built, but there are lots of comperable boxes on the market for far less. All three of our superdutys have delta champions on them, great box, polished aluminum, about $220 from Theisens, painted wasnt to much more as i recall.