hi, this is a little confusing but here goes............ you can spray enamel over acrylic or anything else, except beleive it or not some very solvent sensitive enamels.
virtually the only two ways to paint over enamel safely is to first either , remove all the enamel , or give ita good rub, and very carefully apply a two pack primer. the second way will work , but not reccommend for a show car type of respray, - .what can happen on a hot day, is that the enamel underneath the primer, can become soft from the heat and move while the two pack undercoat stays hard . the movement underneath the 2 pak undercoat can cause the 2 pak primer to crack., maybe....... dont try (if you do this be very carefull) to use acrylic primer , over the enamel because the high solvent content of the thinned primer (1 litre primer to one litre thinner) can bite into and lift the enamel off , if its applied even moderately wet. (two pak primer has very low solvents , approx 20 - 30 % thats why its better to use over enamels , but u still need to go very slowly). when the job is undercoated, its very important that there is no enamel showing when u apply the top coat. you can buy a sealer ( cant remember whats it called , but use to come in a yellow tin) but never had much succsess with it. another product u might be able to look at is from PPG and its called "scan ` sealer", i havent used it but i think that it would be interesting to try..... mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:51 PM Subject: Re: paint.... > I was told by a paint shop that primer was good enough, on a rubbed back > surface. I did this to my 1600 a year ago and seems fine - still not running > though :( > I have also heard of a product that acts as a barrier between paints, > haven't seen it though. > > > > Rod Fowler > > > > > > > > > >From: ryanmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: paint.... > >Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 16:23:30 +0800 > > > >datto 1600's were mainly enamel paint yes? > > > >whats the deal with painting acrylic on enamel and vice versa? > > > >is it true that acrylic won't go on top of enamel? if so, what preparation > >needs to be done to paint acrylic on top? not including sandblasting. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp > > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
