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Technical Section => General Tech => Topic started by: the coppersmith on March 15, 2017, 01:47:10 PM



Title: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: the coppersmith on March 15, 2017, 01:47:10 PM
As the title says, bare steel, primer or filler first ?


Title: Re: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: Sid_Vicious on March 15, 2017, 02:55:47 PM
when I learned to spray paint for offshore use we always primed first before anything else....


Title: Re: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: minimutly on March 15, 2017, 04:49:20 PM
Ah but did you use body filler? I wouldn't put filler on paint, of any sort, but that's just the view of a self taught bodger...


Title: Re: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: stinkey on March 15, 2017, 06:34:21 PM
Primer first then filler but these days doesn't make much difference ? ;)


Title: Re: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: Manky Monkey on March 15, 2017, 07:52:36 PM
I've done a bit of both on my truck, with the appropriate amount of surface keying first, but it's quite a fine body filler.


Title: Re: Filler primer or primer filler
Post by: phunkie hiboy on March 15, 2017, 07:52:49 PM
Epoxy primer to seal the metal. Ordinary primers 1k or 2k let water in. You can fill over epoxy, sand it back a bit then fill.