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Re: Painting over Rustoleum primer

To: "Tom Rech" <tdrech@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Painting over Rustoleum primer
From: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:26:58 +0800
Tom -

Most off the shelf paint will stick to the brown primer stuff quite easily.
If you are worried, give it a once over with a solvent like turpentine or
acetone then follow up with emory paper.  Nothing should flake from it if
you prep things this way.

Alan


On 2/12/07, Tom Rech <tdrech@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I have many loose suspension parts from my BT7 project that were painted
> by
> the PO with the typical reddish-brown or gray spray bomb primer.  I'm
> assuming that it is Rustoleum enamel primer, but not 100% sure.  I would
> like to paint many of these parts with a durable black paint that won't
> flake off if I spray it over the Rustoleum primer.  Can anyone recommend a
> good paint/process to use?  I don't want to remove the primer if I don't
> have to, but will if it is necessary.
>
> Tom Rech
> 59




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