painting around door opennings under bonnet and boot of 88 vn

[markovr]

Just wondered what isolator/primer surfacer to use to repaint these areas that will be 2k primed and finally top coated in a different colour from original in 2 pak...everything external (bonnet boot roof outside panels)is going back to bare metal but just wondered if you can get away with just a isolator over the original paint in these areas ? Ive read scansealer could be used? Is it normal practise to clearcoat these areas after applying the colour?

[flawnt]

what colour are you doing it? are you doing this yourself? if so are you removing the doors?

the steps i would take if i were doing this on my own car

• Remove the doors (need a door pin removal tool) I'd remove them so you can clean and scuff the surface thouroughly
• clean surface with wax and grease remover until clean
• give good scuff with red scotch-brite
• rub out chips/scratches with 400P wet and dry
• becarful with the rub throughs because if your worried about it reacting, this is where it will do it
• clean and dry area, then wipe on and off wax&grease remover again (using clean rags)
• isolator can be used here, avoid heavy coats (this will stop reacting between paint products) [then allow drying time] OR PPG scansealer can also be used, it also acts as a light adhesion promoter [2 meadium wet coats then allow drying time]
• then use your 2k primer over that, and it shouldn't react

hope i havn't forgot anything and that this is actually helpful

[flawnt]

and it's only not normal to apply a clearcoat if its a direct gloss colour.

[markovr]

thanks for the replies and the colour is hothouse green which of course is a metallic...doors will come off and interior will be stripped...drama is the car has been resprayed before I got it with acrylic over the original colour so theres plenty of paint on the car before I start.

[flawnt]

as long as you dont apply heavy coats of any product that has a substantial amount of thinners in it you should be ok. i wouldn't worry about it having too much material either, it sounds like it'll be ok