paint/primer questions
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Topic: paint/primer questions
Posted By: J&J
Subject: paint/primer questions
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 10:50am
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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? Thanks |
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Posted By: mdm1
Date 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. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 12:55pm
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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.  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date 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. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Play Farmer
Date 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. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date 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. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: Steve g
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 5:56pm
| 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 |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 6:01pm
| 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 |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date 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. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |