Car Primer

[EDGE3]

Can someone let me know how long can you drive a car when it has been primed before it will need to be sprayed?

[ari666]

you shouldnt be driving it at all.

[EDGE3]

Ok thanx for that ari666,its just that I see plenty of cars driving around with the primer on for weeks on end.

[ari666]

yeah well you can drive it round but you gotta remember that the idea of primer is that it sucks up the first coat of paint and helps it stick. when you drive it you are basically sucking up all the tar/bugs/water etc off the road. then you block it back and paint it with the water sealed under the paint. the metal rusts, the paint lifts and then you have to do it all over again, but next time you gotta fix rust too.

[EDGE3]

Well ari666 now that you have explained it to me I will definately not be driving my car until its fully sprayed cheers for the great advice mate

[mint]

Not only is it bad for the paint, but it's illegal as well.

Look that one up in your funk & wagnalls.

[Bellicose]

Not only is it bad for the paint, but it's illegal as well.

WTF?

Care to eleborate?

[ari666]

^^ lol. im loving these randoms that just jump on and spout shit. how the feck is it illegal?

[bogan_vk]

yeah how is it illegal.... my mate got his datto to pass a legit rwc and registered it with 2 different coloured panels and the rest in primer looked like crap but not illegal....

[showbags]

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[VKCOMMO]

Can you clear over it to make it OK? Like say you like the primer look, can you primer and then clear?

[ari666]

i guess... why not just spray it grey? just a solid grey, so you dont have to flaff around with clear.

[304runner]

Not only is it bad for the paint, but it's illegal as well.

Look that one up in your funk & wagnalls.

Yeah your off your head champ... Next thing you'll be telling us is a Matt Black finish is "Illegal" ROFL!

[VKCOMMO]

i guess... why not just spray it grey? just a solid grey, so you dont have to flaff around with clear.

Yeah, True True.. Just a flat grey..

[Bellicose]

When i lived in Brizzy we used to call primer with guide coat over it "Woodridge Metallic".

Yep i fitted right in cos i lived in Loganlea lol.

[DAKSTER]

Not only is it bad for the paint, but it's illegal as well.

Look that one up in your funk & wagnalls.

Huh? Dont think I'll bother, its not illegal. /discussion on that one..

yeah well you can drive it round but you gotta remember that the idea of primer is that it sucks up the first coat of paint and helps it stick. when you drive it you are basically sucking up all the tar/bugs/water etc off the road. then you block it back and paint it with the water sealed under the paint. the metal rusts, the paint lifts and then you have to do it all over again, but next time you gotta fix rust too.

I put 8 litres of primer on mine 6 months ago and its held out just fine till now. Base coat went on today, the primer is fine. (clear,pearl,clear tomorrow )
Yeah the surface will attract some crap. If you have plenty of primer on though, you can block it back heaps, get a nice flat finish and I havent noticed anything penetrating that far in. If it wasnt such a heavily primed car though it might be different. Get some oil on 2 coats and you would have to sand them both away to get rid of it.

Yeah your off your head champ... Next thing you'll be telling us is a Matt Black finish is "Illegal" ROFL!

No, but it should be


I like to wait awhile personally between primer and acrylic. I think its easier to work and better at filling if you give it time to properly cure. Maybe the 6 months I waited wasnt necessary of course, but i was in no hurry to paint it.

I had an 89 cruiser I took back to bare metal to fix rust, and I primed that, drove it around the bush for like 10 years before I sold it with a perfect body and no rust. It just needed a rub back and a top coat, which the new owner did within a couple weeks with no problems. Again though, it had a lot of primer on it.

[ari666]

Yeah, True True.. Just a flat grey..

if you spray clear over primer you will end up with gloss grey, not flat grey.

[VKCOMMO]

if you spray clear over primer you will end up with gloss grey, not flat grey.

I've heard you can get a matte clear..

[showbags]

Yes, its called adding flattening base to your clear. It allows you to adjust the gloss level from full gloss to dead flat. Looks very cool on old school cruisers with dead flat metallics and pearls