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[k5 mike]

Hi All
Found used clean hood and cowl today . Life is Good !!! If any one has a good idea on which paint aproach they like. That would be appreciated much such as enamels or singel stage urathanes or clear coated base coats or corrosion ressitant or etching or other types of primers or products . thanks Mike...

 

[stockk5]

some 150 sandpaper.... some 2dollar primer... then whatever color you want from rustoleum....

 

[original balzer]

my 77 gmc is gettin new paint soon its an industrial enamel they use on oil/gas drilling rigs tough s*#t easy to thin with #1 thinner but takes a few days to fully harden its gunna work out just right cuz the shop im borrowing to spray it in has a tin roof and acts like an oven so it will be sparayed in the AM and left in there for a few days gunna suck to be without my truck but rhino liner aint got nothing on this paint as far as being tough


Balzer

 

[ryoken]

Hi All
Found used clean hood and cowl today . Life is Good !!! If any one has a good idea on which paint aproach they like. That would be appreciated much such as enamels or singel stage urathanes or clear coated base coats or corrosion ressitant or etching or other types of primers or products . thanks Mike...

primer... zinc chromate is a must for bare metal applications.. then a good epoxy primer on top...

topcoat.... really a tossup between single stage and base/clear in urethane.. they both have advantages... single stage is generally easier for spot repairs.. base/clears wont oxidize as bad but can be substantially pricier... base/clear is the only way to go for a metallic.. straight up enamels are a dinosauric product from the 70's, 80's....

any of the major paint manufacturers will have some good products.. i prefer Glasurit, but PPG, Sickens, Dupont, etc all have good products as well...