What type of primer to use..

[86chevyk20]

I'm getting ready to spray my k20 wih primer. None of my panels needed much work so no bare metal. I was suggested to use epoxy primer( in black) but also told that's just for bare metal. What are your guys sugestions and what about doin the truck in rattel can primer?

 

[1low4x4]

Yeah epoxy is what you want as the base coat, then you do the regular primer so you can sand easier. if you dont have any bare metal theres no point in epoxy primer, it is supposed to bond to bare metal the best.

Are you going to paint the truck anytime soon? If you are just gonna run primer, consider painting it with rattle can paint, not primer. The rattle can paint will seal better, I did my 86 with rattle can paint. Looks real good people always think its professional.

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[Swims350]

yea but most rattle can paints have to or should be completely removed before real paint.

I would use reg. spray GUN primer and be done with it. or sealer. Sealer is supposed to be for right before paint, but reg primer would work fine.

The epoxy helps keep things from rusting, and I too heard it's over bare metal but then again I also here you do bare metal, epoxy, body work, re epoxy, then block and such etc. seal, and paint.

 

[Mr Clean]

I thought someone just joined, that was a professional car painter.

 

[1low4x4]

I meant if he wasnt goin to paint it anytime soon. Running primer for years is not so good for fresh bodywork

 

[86chevyk20]

but i see guys dp that all the time. hot rods ect.

 

[dhamp]

but i see guys dp that all the time. hot rods ect.

Ride around for years w/primer, then paint over it??

 

[86chevyk20]

thats my plan.. i went back to school for law enforcement and i wont have the money for a long time to give it my final paint job. soo i wana get it sprayed in black primer before the end of october

 

[Boogiedown]

Ok, if your not going to paint it for a while, them I would sand it with some 180 not to much just to give the primer some to grab and then shoot it with epoxy, it will lay out much smoother and it's thicker for better protection over the years, also most people don't know but if your body work is good you don't even have to sand epoxy you can paint right over it. I do it all the time at work. But that's just how I would do it.

 

[davbell22602]

Get the primer from carquest.

 

[critter2655]

I'm no professional in painting but ive worked at a local autobody restoration shop for the last 3 years, and have been around it my entire life, my recomendation would to be use a high build 2k epoxy primer surfacer, as longer as there is no major bare metal areas 2k primer builds really thick and you can usually block out alot of small imperfections. another note about 2k primer is that if you dont have a larger tip in your gun it can spray very dry and wont lay out very good. if you have alot of bare metal you need to spot in or coat the entire panel with a self etching primer, but it will not build very thick and is very easy to run when you spray it. I would personally never do a rattle can paint job not that there is anything wrong with. I think the best allternative for you would be to buy a gallon of hotrod black paint from your local pats house/ paint store it usually runs between a 100-125 bucks, hot rod black is a single stage paint (meaning you dont have to clear over top of it) and usally dries flat or semi gloss.