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 posted on 2/4/11 at 11:09 AM |
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Advice please about painting some brackets
Hi Folks
Long time no post for me.
I've a quick question about painting some brackets - they won't be on show but I do want to do them as well as possible. First time
I've tried for a "proper job" finish so please bear with me.
I'd already sanded them down, got 99% of rust off and treated the pitting with kurust. It fizzed, went blue and dried black so seems to have
done what it's meant to.
Today I've primered them with U-POL Zinc primer - 3 coats of, then some Halfords Gloss Black - 5 light coats of. Finish looks ok so far.
Anyway I bought some clearcoat to finish off with and it says leave base coat at least 24 hours BUT the paint says leave to harden for 2 weeks before
polishing.
If I clearcoat tomorrow will my paint be ok ? Should I clearcoar or just leave it ?
thanks
Paul
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T66
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| posted on 2/4/11 at 11:34 AM |
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I was talking to someone recently, and how best to paint them for use with a powder coated chassis.
He suggested plasticote gives a fairly similar end result, if your powder coated....
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BenB
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| posted on 2/4/11 at 12:09 PM |
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Yes, satin black plasticote is very similar in appearance to powdercoat and is good and tough. I use that on top of etch primer personally (u-pol).
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