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J&J 
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 10:50am |
I'm tearing down a CA for restoration. Will be using airplane stripper on the sheet metal. The metal may sit for a while until body work/paint, so I want to shoot primer on it right away. I can paint, but don't have much technical knowledge of the process. What type of primer/sealer should I use? I don't know what type of paint I will use as of yet, so will some rattle can primer (eg. rust-oleum) be fine just to cover the metal initially?
suggestions on primer and paint appreciated should stripper be used on porous metal? the cast iron parts?
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mdm1
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 11:45am |
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Maybe just leave it for now. Since you don't know what you are going to use for finish paint. Primer needs to be compatible with the paint in some cases.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 12:55pm |
i spray or brush RED OXIDE Rustoleum primer on the parts as i clean them-- for storage.
these parts were all painted by brush... then assembled. No need to disassemble to finish spray paint.. primers is in between the bolted faces.
Edited by steve(ill) - 24 Jul 2021 at 1:00pm
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 1:14pm |
i normally spray the cast parts after assembly.. and the sheet metal parts seperate. Like to use acrylic enamel with hardener... It likes the red oxide enamel primer.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Play Farmer
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 9:22pm |
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I'm a BIG fan of the self etching primers. I use that as a base then work off of that.
You can buy it in a rattle can and it's about as easy to use as anything you've ever sprayed. Be sure to use a mask though, it's nasty stuff - in a good way.
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AC720Man
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 9:42pm |
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I second the etching primer, it makes a good base and seals the metal.
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Steve g
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Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 5:56pm |
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Years ago WD 45 rims I spent countless hours on them cleaning sandblasting painting Took them to a tire guy to have my tires mounted on them rims they looked good one hour up to his shop and one hour back to the house in a rainstorm. When I got back to the house the rims were already starting to rust through the paint not good. I used rust-oleum primer so I called rust-oleum tech support the bottom line was use rusty metal primer. So I did use their rusty metal primer and it worked fine from now on any parts that I do will get rust oleum rusty metal primer first coat
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DougG
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Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 6:01pm |
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Id luv to see the way Allis painted - bet those guys in the paint booth were busy ! What was the process then ? Alot of mine have a yellow primer , then the finished product is great
Edited by DougG - 26 Jul 2021 at 6:02pm
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AC720Man
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Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 9:31pm |
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Lead paint was good stuff, nothing comes close to it today. I still recommend etching primer, has been good to me after 8 years.
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