Body Painting
Posted By : Trevor Ellis, 06-Mar-2006, 12:15pm
I am currently restoring a Herald and am priming and painting as i go with the intention of giving the car a final couple of top coats when re-assembled. I am using fine grade sponge backed abrasive to flat and key the old paint work and then using 2 pack filler primer, as many coats as is neccessary to fill any scratches and chips. between each coat flat back with superfine sponge and when satisfied start adding top coat. I started with 1 coat at 25% thiners and second coat at 50% thinners going down to third and forth coat at 75% thined. In between each coat flating back with 1200 grit wet and dry,and finally polishing with standard cutting paste. As for quanty of paint Its hard to say depends on how many coats but I recon 2ltrs primer and 3ltrs topcoat and a gallon of universal thinners 2k thinners may do the car. I did find that deep chips were best filled with isopon as even filler primer seems only to take out minor cuts. Other thing to bear in mind are 2k paints are toxic so where protective stuff, primers absorb moisture and I personely avoided getting the primerd surface wet. I also allowed 24hrs dryng before flatting and recoating. plenty of elbow grease does give a mirror finish.
Good luck
Trev
ps I need to repaint the suspension struts as these are wrong colour.
Body Painting
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Body Painting
Posted By : Ian Osprey, 06-Mar-2006, 12:31pm
When I spoke to my local factors, they were at pains to point out that
'filler primer' is for priming filler as opposed to priming bare steel,
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'high-build primer' is what covers minor scratches and nicks.-
Body Painting
Posted By : Trevor Ellis, 06-Mar-2006, 12:39pm
Sorry I stand corrected I used 2k primer which is high build not filler primer. But I get this from a friend who just gives me what is suitable for the job I tell him I want to do.
Trev-
Body Painting
Posted By : Ian Osprey, 06-Mar-2006, 01:32pm
I wish I had a friend like that!
I spent a small fortune on filler primer from Halfords, assuming it would cover up my not so good feathering, only to find out by accident that it was completely the wrong stuff.
Live and learn
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Body Painting
Posted By : Trevor Ellis, 06-Mar-2006, 02:04pm
He his a good chap who works for a major company who manufacture abrasives and auto finishes so he just gets me a few samples!!!
Trev
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