Thread: help choosing how to proceed with primer

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great, thanks very much. that makes it a lot easier, and I can rattle can stuff in the front yard. at least this stuff, once it comes to the larger pieces I don't know what I'll do. I probably need to find a good local shop that doesnt' charge an arm and a leg.

Red

do you have an auto body school/ Votech close by ?
Maybe you could get the primer shot cheaper by the students .

Doesnt hurt to look around , or go to paint jobbers and see if some one does some painting on the side for a reduced price .

materials arent cheap any more , as I am doing a 86 Bronco II on the side and I have $700 in just paint right now . and thats my cost Thats not including the little bondo i used , or the primer , or the tape and paper , or sand paper . add all that and its around 1000 bucks .

I know a guy who paints for a living. I asked him about using Rustoleum on the under coat to seal the metal. He told me he had a bad experience painting over it one time where the overcoat/finish coat wouldn't stick. He's not sure why, said it probably was a brand incompatibility issue. But since he'll probably spray the truck for me, he said to stay away from it. This is just one guy's opinion. He also did a motorcycle for me, that I swear I primed with rustoleum so who know, just thought I'd throw that out there. The motorcyle turned out great!

NAPA sells an etching/epoxy spray can primer that will work great for what you need and can be used as a solid base for paint later. It will work under any of the "name brand" paint lines and is pretty good quality. It isn't cheap, at roughly $7 a can, but the fact that it doesn't have to come back off and WILL protect your freshly cleaned metal is very well worth it! Donny

Thats why I never usually mix brands , I am a PPG man through and through .
30 years and only have had 2 things go bad in 30 years of using it . Both were not my fault , one was found that a catalyst i was using was packaged with out a certain chemical in the batch , and 1980 sealer i used to use a ton of , didnt seem to have the body it normally had , and i shot it and painted over it , and it turned to cottage cheese ....LOL . Found out it was trailings from cleaning the vat they canned instead of disposing it

If you dont feel comfortable using Rustoleum , ask a jobber where you will purchase your paint , if they have a recommendation on an aerosol metal etch prime that will be compatible with your top sub-straight .