Simon
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| posted on 6/2/23 at 09:57 PM |
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Painting bare metal
I'm restoring a Honda 4514 ride-on mower. Until today, I'd assumed it was powder coated but having taken the da to it, realised it's
paint.
It'll be stripped back to bare metal, etch primed, primed and top-coated (all with aerosols).
I'd like it to a) last and b) look good so
do I
sand the etch primer then
paint high build primer and sand that or
paint normal primer straight onto the etch and sand that or
etc etc
Cheers
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SJ
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| posted on 7/2/23 at 10:59 AM |
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I epoxy primed my MGB and didn't sand until I had some filler primer on there.
If you sand the etch you risk getting back to bare metal
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/2/23 at 12:30 PM |
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Not an expert - isn't etch supposed to give a binder for the next layer so sanding it removes the binder?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 8/2/23 at 08:05 AM |
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Once your ready to paint I would recommend rust-oleum industrial hard hat spray paint. It's thick and goes a long way, the gloss stuff give a
nice shin which can be polished and good value for money. I used it for quite a few projects including respraying my lawn tractor and my whole Fiesta.
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