Stupid question about paintwork ?

[rumplestiltskin]

Why does primer have to be white ? I just washed my car & the number of stonechips is getting beyond a joke. Surely if you have a grey car, the primer could be colour matched so that if you got a stone chip it wouldn't show nearly as much ?

I guess its all down to cost, mixing up different batches of primer rather than using just one type, but it would make a huge difference when you got a stone chip not having the white primer showing through.

R.

[willdew]

My metallic black 968 has a dark grey primer.

[silver993tt]

rumplestiltskin said:

Why does primer have to be white ? I just washed my car & the number of stonechips is getting beyond a joke. Surely if you have a grey car, the primer could be colour matched so that if you got a stone chip it wouldn't show nearly as much ?

I guess its all down to cost, mixing up different batches of primer rather than using just one type, but it would make a huge difference when you got a stone chip not having the white primer showing through.

R.

Unfortunately, when you wax/clean the car the residue will end up in the stone chips. It invariably dries white. It wouldn't matter what colour the primer was unless the car never got waxed/protected.

[aceparts_com]

I use the colour match wax. Absolutely transforms the car when you have a little track rash.

[clubsport]

Does it???

When I had the front Pu's sprayed on previous Lapis blue and black 911'...the bodyshop tinted the primer to match, so that stone chips were not so obvious.

[rumplestiltskin]

clubsport said:

Does it???

When I had the front Pu's sprayed on previous Lapis blue and black 911'...the bodyshop tinted the primer to match, so that stone chips were not so obvious.

Thats what I would do if I had my front end done.

R.