Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work!

Posted by Dave Speed on Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 9:53PM :

In Reply to: Re: paint questions (yes again - one more time) posted by Junkyard dog on Sunday, September 29, 2002 at 9:30PM :

POR has its place, perhaps, but I'm not sure where it is. I have had POR and Eastwood's high dollar "Coroless" **fall off** old projects.

There is no substitute for surface prep.

Prepare the metal. Sandblast to bright. Etch with phosphoric acid / zinc phosphate.
Paint with a 2 part (epoxy) primer., 2 coats plus a sealer coat. Then whatever suits.

This will be cheaper than POR and last longer.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work! - Paul (in NY) 10:03PM 09/29/2002
  • Re: Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work! - Marty 11:11PM 09/29/2002
    • Re: Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work! - Blondnut 10:15AM 09/30/2002
      • I guess this answers a few unanswered questions - Tim 2:37PM 09/30/2002
        • Hey now, it's not the hair color, its the prep work! (notxt) - bruce in CO 4:48PM 09/30/2002
          • Don't Panic Bruce, I'm just funnin' him - Tim 9:07PM 09/30/2002
            • No panic here!... - bruce in CO 5:08PM 10/01/2002
      • Re: Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work! - marty 11:20AM 09/30/2002
        • Re: Its not the Paint Its the Prep Work! - George (Alberta) 1:06AM 10/01/2002
    • TRY ZERO RUST it lays RUST TO REST - METALMAN 11:26PM 09/29/2002
      • Re: TRY ZERO RUST it lays RUST TO REST - Tim 4:40PM 09/30/2002

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