micowen wrote:
Etch prime it! If your going through the hassel of going bare metal, and fixing all the dings, then etch prime it.
Maybe what they were refering to was not taking the original paint back to bare metal, just sanding and feathering, then hifilling it for the 2k paint.
My current project is getting the works! Etch, spray nikki, hifill, and paint! And of course, a hell of a lot of blocking back! But worth it for a dead flat finish. Cross fingers that is!
No no, there are people out there (yeah thats right PEOPLE!!! Who'd of thought hey?
) who do just put the hifill down on the bare metal......its
OK if its just "bog and flog" or a rushed job.... but it won't last great and the paint won't stick real well.
The etch prime has acidic properties that physically bite the metal (teeth and all honest.... they're just too small to see
) so it will ALWAYS adhere much better.
Just remember that it does not dry real hard... so
2 light coats only... otherwise when you put that lovely hard drying epoxy primer down over it, it will tend to crack off and chip easy...
Think of it like a choc top ice cream... the hard chocolate breaks up real easy with the soft iced cream underneath...
