Body and paint SOS-911 help
New question for yall. I have my fenders and hood down to metal. I used both sanding and chemical processing.
After the stripping I washed down the parts with soda water and then pressure washed the parts especially the cracks where the stripper may have gotten. I have been working on sanding down the little sandy pecker tracks which is a pain and am getting ready to spray some primer.
Question is do I need to use a self etching primer on the bare metal or will epoxy primer be sufficient? Should I use a sealer? Any thoughts or warnings?
I appreciate all the help.
John
Hi, wishing you the best of luck on your good looking car.
Most epoxy primers nowadays are for direct metal application. There are many systems and even more products. Whichever you choose be sure not only to read the can, but get the technical data sheet from the manufactred website.
I used Dupont and PPG when I worked at a body shop (doing complete restorations and collision)
For Home I still use PPG Deltron for base, but their primers and clear are expensive, so I using products from here:
http://southernpolyurethanes.com/index.htm
of course these guys are trying to sell you a product, but I think their write up called "The Perfect Paint Job"
http://southernpolyurethanes.com/perfect paint.htm
contains a good bit of wisdom. I do not work there or anything, but so far I had a good experience with them(even free shipping), and I read on many forums about their awesome products and customer service.
Their tech sheets are also up on the website, as well as a user forum. If you want to geek out on paint and prep, take a read!
Take a look at my build thread (link in sig) for more details on getting into primer.