Livestock Paint

[farmer_Nick]

Anyone know how safe or what paint is safe for livestock licking it on a painted feeder? thanks

 

[Wisconsonian]

Any new paint will have warning labels if it contains anything unsafe for livestock to lick. The ingredients you don't want are chromate and lead, and those would only be in an industrial use only paint, and have clear warnings since the 70's here (America).

Otherwise, any acrylic, latex, alkyd, epoxy or polyurethane paint will be safe for animals to lick ONCE IT'S CURED. That is, any common paint available to consumers, and most of the ones from professional dealers.

I'm talking about paints, not creosote, penta, or other wood preservatives.

 

[Highland Mule]

Painted my feeder with metal paint from Aldi. £5 a litre and went through the sprayer on my wee compressor fine, with maybe 25% added white spirit.

 

[Paddington]

Painted rusting galvanised troughs with Smoothrite on top of an etching primer, looks good for a couple of years.