Pondo on bare metal or on primer?

Bare metal, appropriately roughed up so that the "Bondo" holds.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:13:03 +0200, "MIC" ran around screaming and yelling:

the only primer that itis okay to use filler over is epoxy primer...i personally recomend you take it to bare metal with 80 (or 40) grit paper so there will be some good scratches in the surface for the filler to bite on....THEN follow up with epoxy primer....that is MY preference anyway... JT

Right: use Bondo on bare metal or epoxy primer only. I prefer to put it over epoxy, as it sticks & feathers better. After working the bondo I re-epoxy, then use high-build primer for blocking. HTH, ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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What kind of epoxy primer do you use? I'm working with planes. There we use also epoxy primer. This is a kind of yellow stuff, which has to be blended with hardener 1 part to 1 part primer. It is very thin liquid. Almost like water. I hope that this stuff is useable for my 1303.

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I wouldn't use anything that thin. I use PPG (Ditzler) DP50. It's light gray, 2 to 1 mix, can be thinned some for a sealer. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:16:05 -0400, "ThaDriver" ran around screaming and yelling:

i was always partial to the olive drab color of the DP40....i am currently coating my bug(as i strip it down to metal) with a sherwin williams line's epoxy primer...it is 1:1 ratio...."western auto finishes" i believe is the line...available at my local fischer autoparts.... JT

...I here they reccomend a medium nap roller... ;-))

..>Gareth

Sherwin Williams has always been far from the quality of Ditzler in the past. Don't know what they're doing now, but i wouldn't trust them on something I cared about (which is everything I paint). ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:07:36 -0400, "ThaDriver" ran around screaming and yelling:

there products are decent products...my father in law is a lifetime bodyman as are many in my family....they all use the "western" line of primers on occassion....i am merely using epoxy/etching primer from them...my paint will be quite "different"....think chameleon JT

"Decent" is a good description for Sherwin Williams. :-) ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 01:04:37 -0400, "ThaDriver" ran around screaming and yelling:

maybe i should have said "f*ck you if you don't like what others choose to use/like"...is that better Paul? do you purposely try to push people's buttons, or are you a natural f*****ad? JT

maybe i should have said "f*ck you if you don't like what others choose to use/like"...is that better Paul? do you purposely try to push people's buttons, or are you a natural f*****ad? JT

******* Just being honest. ;^p Hey you're the one that described it as "decent". I was just agreeing....(it happens to be true). ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 04:26:40 -0400, "ThaDriver" ran around screaming and yelling:

so was I...kinda...

okay will restate(cleanly) their epoxy primer is very good *even* for a cheaper line of products....otherwise *I* would not use it...i don't plan on putting 5k worth of paint on a bad base... JT