what primer should I use

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:06 am
What primer should I use if I want to paint my truck kirker hot rod black. Thank you for answers.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:03 am
I'd use a light or medium grey primer so you can tell you are getting coverage. If you are looking to block the panels down nice and flat and use a guide coat, then the Tamco primer I sell (and use myself) is one example that would work well.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:11 am
Do I have to use the same brand prime?

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:46 pm
Sure, you can use different brand primer. Your Kirker paint will be a urethane product, which means any modern 2K primer will be compatible underneath it.

You can't use a radically different product like a 1K lacquer primer underneath a urethane paint system.



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:43 am
Is it better to sand the primer and put the paint on or just spay the primer then the paint.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:10 am
Generally, you use your (high build) primer as an opportunity to block the panels nice and flat, before paint. See the sticky in this forum titled "guide coat". It's a very important step in getting the final result to be correct.

Of course you could spray primer and then go to paint without sanding; if the car is already perfect with no bodywork many primers (including Tamco) specify adding reducer to the mix to "thin it out" as a sealer coat, which will go on nice and flat with less build - and give you a great surface to shoot your color coat over.



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:12 pm
The primer must be in the recoat window to paint over. Dried (cured) primer must be sanded.

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