Vdubber wrote:Timbo, thank you very much for your advice. I think that the polyester primer would work great on this. As you can tell, the bus has huge flat panels. I was wondering how long of a sanding block I need to do it right? As of now I have a 12 inch board.
Also I was wondering about my painting "environment". I know this has been covered about a million times, but most are concerning the actual application of paint. I plan on priming the bus in my garage. I have access to a paint booth for the paint.
My question is, what do I need to do to the garage before priming?
Thanks again for the advice!!!
Hi I saw this and would like to give my opinion on this if that's ok.
Polyester primer is a high build product that is true. BUT, polyester primer is not very durable.
I understand why people want to use it, but I would recommend a good barrier coat like a epoxy primer. Nothing is as durable as a epoxy number 1. If you didn't want to use epoxy I would use a high build, none shrinking easy to sand DTM primer. Anything that requires a very small amount of liquid hardener (polyester needs only a few drops) is not as durable as a ISO cured product. Chemically speaking polyester primer is 1 step above lacquer primer.
I own a paint manufacture, I'm speaking with the actual chemical knowledge of the actual chemical makeup of polyester.just trying to help.
Hope it helps, if you have any other questions please let me know.
Tammy
Tamco