Utility, car hauler and flat deck trailers: blasting and repainting in Medicine Hat

Steel trailers get used hard and maintained last. A utility trailer, a car hauler or a flat deck can go years with chipped paint and surface rust before anyone thinks about it, and by then the crossmembers are the ones paying for it.

Where trailers rust

• Crossmembers and the underside of the deck, where water and road grit sit.
• The tongue and coupler area, which takes stone chips from the tow vehicle.
• Fenders, blasted with grit thrown up by the tires every time it is towed.
• Ramp hinges, stake pockets and welds.

Why blast instead of wire wheel

A wire wheel polishes rust and leaves it in every pit and corner. Paint over it and the rust keeps working underneath. Blasting takes the whole trailer back to bare steel with a surface profile, so primer and paint have something to grip — that is what surface profile means in practice.

A repaint only lasts as long as the surface it went on. Most trailer repaints fail because of what was left underneath.

Wood decks on steel trailers

Many trailers have timber decking on a steel frame. That is two setups — steel dry at higher pressure, timber dry at low pressure with softer media. If the boards are being replaced anyway, pull them first so we can reach the crossmembers properly. More in steel and wood decks.

We can come to your driveway or yard anywhere around Medicine Hat, Redcliff or Cypress County, so a trailer with sketchy bearings or no current plate does not need to be towed across town to get done.

Plan the paint

Bare steel flash-rusts quickly. We carry rust inhibitor in the water, but have primer and paint ready, or a painter booked, before the blast.