Ready for final prime and paint, what primer?
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I finally have my 67 FB Vert ready to spray a full coat of primer and sand for base coat. I have been working on this car for several years so I have used several different primers, sprayed with a gun and spray bomb type, so I want to get a good final primer to cover it all for the final sand. I plan on sanding it with 400 wet before the BC.
So, what is a good primer to cover all the years of work and seal it from the BC. I will be spraying silver for my BC/CC.
I was thinking of using a sealer also before the BC but would like to make the primer be the final if I could.Thanks for your help.
EB
first thing you need to do is get rid of the spray can primer. after that, what kinda paint can you get in your area. most major brands have a good 2k primer. Also for silver you will want to finish with at least 600 grit.
First thing is to get rid of the spray can primer I would have to strip the car down, which I don’t want to do. I should have also said that I have spray Quik Sand on the car and blocked it twice so most if not all spray bomb paint is buried under the Quik Sand.
I live in a large city in Texas so I can get any paint on the market, so what Primer would you use now with this new information.
I have not had any problems with the spray bomb primer so far because I only used lacquer based primer in a can. No enamel or epoxy spray bomb primer.
I was wondering if I would have to sand with something finer. Why does the silver need 600, just want to know not doubting you.
Ding is right. Silver can show sand scratches quick! Sand horizonal like the way the air will blow as you drive. If you sand up and down the flakes will lay different. You should have a satin sand finish on the 2K primer. Use a slower reducer to allow the flakes to lay flat. Use Dupont Chomabase or Diamont polyester base. I don’t use much sealer.. Wash prep and final sand the car, the day, or the day before your ready to paint. Got any pics? http://slickpaint.com/index.php?supermode=gallery_view&previewm=1&a=monte_carlo&image=111011122330_pa080002.jpg&screenres=1280-768
Thanks for the advice.
I do have picture, lots of them. I have never tried to post them on this site. Is it hard to do? A couple of my other car sites are above my pay grade when it comes to posting pics!! :woohoo:
[quote=”billgaino” post=27237] Sand horizonal like the way the air will blow as you drive. If you sand up and down the flakes will lay different. [/quote]
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a 600 grit scratch is a 600 grit scratch whether it is horizontal, vertical, diagonal, zig zag, round and round up and down. If you are having trouble with the silver laying down differently then you are sanding too course or too inconsistently. it also helps to lay down a coat of clear base first that the color has a fresh layer to lay down inot instead of dry scratches.To the original poster. in metallics the flake will lay down into the scratches. If you prep too course you will see the scratches due to the way the metallics are laying down in them. they are not settling on the surface evenly so they are reflecting at diff angles. that is why 600 is the minimum for prepping on a metallic color. you can get away with 400 if you are going to use a sealer. As far as the primer goes. Just remember, your paint job is only as strong as the weakest. Lacquer is an air dried product that constantly moves with the temperature and environment. As far as recommending a specific primer, i’ll just say pick a system and stay with it. BASF or Akzo would be my first choices. Then probably PPG. if you want to go with a Dupont product I would venture toward their Spies or Standox line over the actual dupont line of stuff.
Uploading photos is easy with a photobucket account. you can also upload them directly to the site. think there is a post on how to do that somewhere, but photobucket is so easy it doesnt pay to do it anyother way
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