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Originally Posted by fun in dirt
To answer your question.... YES you can paint an aluminum toolbox black.
I did this to one several years ago & it worked great. The paint even stayed on pretty well as it scraped through the trees & totalled the truck it was on when I fell asleep & crashed 
The key is in the primer. First clean it up good, like with something like acid mag cleaner. Then prime it with a zinc chromate primer; it's olive drab in color. Then paint it with your color of choice.
Another tip - also paint the inside of the box. That bare aluminum & tools rubbing together turns eveything black if you don't. Or I've used the cheap roll-on bedliner inside them before & that works well too. |
Thanks for the tip!.....is "Zinc Chromate" primer "Etching Primer"?