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| ruby914 |
 Feb 26 2012, 02:47 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None  |
OK, I have my flares on.
I am fumbling through the clean up body work that goes with that and finding other body work that is needed as I go. Cass Nawrocki's book has already helped. The thing is, this car is one of my (2) 914 DDs In order for me to get clean lines on the body I need to remove the last 3, 4, 5 or 6 paint jobs. I have some 5 Star 5425 X Treme 2K Direct to metal Primer Filler/ Sealer. After I go down to the metal and spray with the sealer mix ratio, can I trust this to drive the car? Even park out side in the moist air, in the rain??? Then paint later, 6 months, 1 year later ?? What can I get away with? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| Andyrew |
Feb 28 2012, 09:52 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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If you go down to the metal and spray with primer sealer (The stuff you mentioned should work), yes you can drive it. Primer sealer will protect it from rain and moisture. My suggestion is do one panel at a time and seal it afterwards that day. This will give you more practice at priming and spraying than just priming the car all at once..
Realize that when you get to start prep work, you will want to block sand most of that primer off to determine low spots to start bodywork. |
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Posts in this topic
ruby914 Primer Question Feb 26 2012, 02:47 PM
underthetire Rust will form through primer faster than you thin... Feb 26 2012, 02:56 PM tomeric914 Painting is the easy part. The prep work is what ... Feb 26 2012, 03:18 PM Vacca Rabite If its a DD, then don't strip all the other pa... Feb 26 2012, 05:37 PM kwales No experience with your Star 5425 X Treme 2K Direc... Feb 26 2012, 09:43 PM sean_v8_914 most primer is hygroscopic and lacks UV protection... Feb 26 2012, 09:54 PM scotty b If you can keep it inside and not drive it when it... Feb 26 2012, 10:32 PM ruby914 Thanks Everyone,
I have heard two different theor... Feb 28 2012, 03:08 AM ThePaintedMan From what you're saying, there is already a go... Feb 28 2012, 07:08 AM J P Stein I ran around for 4-5 years with the flares in prim... Feb 28 2012, 07:19 AM toolguy Every coat of previous paint you leave on is anoth... Feb 28 2012, 12:04 PM
scotty b The thinking that the factory rimer is the best yo... Feb 28 2012, 02:01 PM boogie_man
The thinking that the factory rimer is the best y... Feb 28 2012, 06:49 PM |
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