2 pac undercoat is the stuff most paint shops use now. Very nice to spray,rub. A lot of people say dont spray 2 pac clear over A type ,but if you use real good 2 pak clear it should be ok. Try it first on a small part(under the sill)
Malcolm Ross Goddard wrote: > My mate who is the spray painter says that only the top clear layer is > true 2 pak paint. (ie witha hardener added) The base layers are a > modified acrylic so you can put the top coat over them without frying > up. He says that with my car, we dont need to go back to bare metal, as > the current 2 pak systems can go over just about anything, so long as it > gets a good key into whats underneath. My car has had several repairs > and different panels from other cars, so i guess we will see how it > comes up when we spray it???? > > ---------- > From: Jim Little > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 16:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (resprays) > > the guy who i bought my 1600 from had recntly stripped his car > back to metal, prime painted etc..did the works. > > The final paint job ws not great, the paint did not look too good. > > Anyway i recently talked to a spray painter about getting a > respray, he actually came out to my house to give her a look > over...second time he has done this for me. He said that the body > was good and straight etc and he would be happy to rub her back > and give her a few coats of 2pak. thing is the original paint work > was acrylic and i figured you would have to get a 2pak undercoat. > I offered to do the prep work to save some money and he said he > would have to do the prep work to make sure it was good enough to > spray over. The work would obviously be guaranteed so i am > wondering if this is really posible. ie 2pak over acrylic primer etc > > > > cheers all > > > > mark krawczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi, my brother works as a spray painter ( thats all he does, > no body work) > at bruce lellman crash here in renmark, he said that it > depends on what > type of undercoat u use ( i.e 2 pak or acrylic) and over > what u spray the > undercoat. > if you prime over bog repairs ideally you should finnish > rubbing yoiur > bog work with 120 grit or finer to minimize any sanding > scratch coming > back up thru the paint at a later date. > > 24 hours should be long enough for the primer to cure, > wether 2pak or > acrylic. > if you get any shrinkage coming thru or map edging , its > probally more > likelly to be from the prep work , more so than the drying > time. > you can also run innto trouble if you prime over acrylic > paint that > has not had the edge feathered properly. > alot of people tend to blame the undercoat or dryingtime > than the actual > prep work. > > something to think about .! > mark k > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nat P." > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:24 PM > Subject: Is there a Beater OR PAINTER > > > > Is there a Panel Beater AND/OR a spray painter on the > > list!!! > > > > I need to know some info, I alway leave the primer to > > dry for a least 24 hours before I spray the top coat! > > Do I have to wait this long? > > Cheers NAT > > > > http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au > > - Find yourself a bargain! > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/me! [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _____ > > SOLD.com.au - Find yourself a bargain! > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
