Looking for primer and found a B body.

I was looking for a single stage sandable fill primer. (Not epoxy)
And I stumbled on these pictures. Nice to see it.
Found a single stage primer too. Not sure of the build

use a good primer not rust-oleum. you will have better results by using a 2 part primer I've been doing this for 45 yrs. and have learned not to go the cheep way. your choice

X2 on not using cheap primer. It would suck to get paint all done and a year or 2 down the road the primer starts to shrink and your paint job looks like crap.

I think Rust-oleum may be a better product than it was several years ago but it was pretty junky back then which leads me to believe it's still not up there with the better products. After years of using it (because it was readily available mostly), I gave up on the stuff. And here a couple of years ago, my wife bought some for our patio table and chairs and after using it per instructions, the crap is rusting again. It's epoxy primer for me and nothing else. Besides, can't you spray high build sandable primer over epoxy anyways?

You got that right Cranky. Epoxy primer is my go to primer on bare metal and over existing properly prepped paint. Then if needed you can shoot some high build primer. I really like SPI epoxy, good sanding properties and good price too.

SINCE I started using polyester Primer, I will NEVER GO BACK...

The stuff is amazing, just everything you can ask for, sand the surface smooth, blast on the primer, and then countour board the car to see what you have, it will save you a lot of body work...

NO OTHER WAY TO GO, and there is NO reason not to spray yourself anymore, with the new turbine paint systems out there now, you can buy one for $500 and then keep it clean and sell it for $425 after you use it, if you will never need it again... You dont even need a compressor or have to worry about air dryers, etc... Just plug it in, mix the apint and go to town, hardly ANY over spray too, I am a jerk so I use a compressor and paint gun, BUT there is no need, I used my brothers turbine system, ad they are amazing, I think in an untrained hand it does better than that same hand could do with a pro hvlp setup...........


BUY once CRY once...

If you are stuck on an a-sol primer, get the SEM, if that is too much or not in your area go to napa and get this one, it works good, sticks to everything has some flex in it and is designed for any conditions (even good on plastic) http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...eneral-Purpose-Primers/_/R-MST7287_0006419638

I was reading about the polyester primers. They seem to be what I might need.
Evercoat Slick Sand???

I'm interested in filling imperfections in the original paint and areas that I've removed rust and already touched up with enamel primer.
I'd rather spray than go the "bondo" filler spreader route.
So would anyone recommend a 2k epoxy with a high build that won't give me fits sanding it?
I'm not stripping the whole car, nor is this show paint.
So I will be going over different types of paint already.
At present I'm planning to use acrylic enamel, as I always have on cars, and it is white.
So no worries like a black car.

With epoxy primer you won't get the build film that you would with a product like slick sand. I do like the sanding properties of SPI epoxy and they have great tech support.
http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/

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onlyone said:

I was reading about the polyester primers. They seem to be what I might need.
Evercoat Slick Sand???

I'm interested in filling imperfections in the original paint and areas that I've removed rust and already touched up with enamel primer.
I'd rather spray than go the "bondo" filler spreader route.
So would anyone recommend a 2k epoxy with a high build that won't give me fits sanding it?
I'm not stripping the whole car, nor is this show paint.
So I will be going over different types of paint already.
At present I'm planning to use acrylic enamel, as I always have on cars, and it is white.
So no worries like a black car.

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You wont be disappointed with evercoats slick sand.. Stuff is amazing... I have done it both ways, so take a panel, strip it and dobble, lead, etc any imperfections, then go over the entire panel with the thinnest coat of evercoat glaze putty, let that setup and board sand the entire thing, con coat, so you can find any high or low spots, and if you are an amazing body man, you will get it first shot, if you are just OK, like me lol, you will play with that panel for a while.... Your talking HOURS AND HOURS of work...

NOW compare that to sanding, straightening the panel, spraying and board sanding it. It cuts the time in a 1/3rd BUT the best part is the finished product is just better with less "talent" needed...
good luck