John,.. Looks like you and I are in the middle of exactly the same
project. 92 Dodge Caravan here.. Hood has pealed , roof above the
windshield is now starting, tailgate badly chipped and pealing.,,, I have
the hood sanded to bare metal and primed and the tailgate the same. Next
is the sides then the top. Long project for my daily driver.. I am
priming with Proform acid etch strait from the spray can. Seems to work
fine. The expert at the shop tells me that their Dupont Centari will
adhere to it great.
As a side note. I have removed and blanked out all decor and the external
lock on the tailgate and the hood ornament. I found a fellow locally that
does louvers and am contemplating some on the hood. Love them on the
Morgan.... sooooooo..... and at 2bucks a louver.... why the hell not.
cheers
Marv
At 04:46 PM 04/11/05, you wrote:
>At 03:42 PM 11/4/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Its been a while since I have painted anything, but have prices gotten out
> >of hand, or is my local paint place charging too much???.....
>
>Barry,
>
>Welcome to sticker shock! I remember paying $3.60 a gal for 3602 lacquer
>thinner. It's about $20 / gal.
>
> >I wanted to find out what would be a good primer for a large project that
> >would be done in several stages, over several months. I told him that I
> >would be replacing some with new sheet metal in a hard to reach area, and
> >that I wanted some corrosion protection, fair sand-ability, and that if
> >left unfinished coated, that is bare primer, that I would have some
> >protection from rust or corrosion until several months later when The
> >rest of the project would catch up to it and would be painted.
>
>He told you right, epoxy primer (grey) or polyeurathine primer. It is
>totally water proof. You can prime the car, leave it out in the weather
>for months and then just wash it, scuff it, and put on color.
>
>I'm in the middle of doing the same thing with 2 of my Chrysler mini vans.
>Starting with the roof. Stripping, priming with polyeurathine then
>eventually painting the color coats.
>
>I know of one car done in a polyeurathine that sat for 5 yrs before it
>was top coated.
>
>end part 1
>
>John
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